Dazzled by you bob geldof biography

Born October 5, 1954, in Dublin, Ireland; son of Robert Albert Zenon Geldof (a salesman); married Paula Yates (a writer), 1986; children: Fifi Trixibelle. Addresses: Booking agent-- Premier Talent Agency, 3 East 54th St., New York, NY 10022.

Previous to the desiccation of Ethiopia, as witnessed by the Western world in 1984, Bob Geldof was almost better known in British and Irish rock circles for his brash and sometimes abrasive personality than for his incisive songwriting and passionate singing.

Life magazine described him this way: "When you meet this man you wonder, 'Why?' Did God knock at the wrong door by mistake and when it was opened by this scruffy Irishman, think, 'Oh, what the hell--he'll do.'" Simply put, he was an unlikely candidate for the nickname "Saint Bob," and nothing in his childhood would have led one to guess that he'd earn rights to the name anyway.

The grandson of Belgian immigrants, Geldof was born in Dublin, Ireland, in 1954.

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