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| birth_name = Jacob Cohen
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1921|11|22|mf=y}}
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| death_date = {{Death date and age|2004|10|5|1921|11|22|mf=y}}
| death_place = [[Los Angeles, California]], U.S.
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==Early life==
Rodney Dangerfield was born Jacob Cohen<ref name="Dangerfield sweat">{{cite web|url=https://www.today.com/popculture/rodney-dangerfields-widow-keeps-bottle-his-sweat-refrigerator-2D11641666| title=Rodney Dangerfield's widow keeps bottle of his sweat in the refrigerator| last= Abramovitch|first=Seth|date=October 14, 2016|work=[[Today (American TV program)|Today]] |access-date=August 2, 2018}}</ref>
Cohen's mother was reportedly emotionally distant for most of his childhood and did not show signs of affection towards her son.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Strange, unhappy life of Rodney Dangerfield | work= The Spokesman-Review| url= https://www.spokesman.com/stories/2004/jul/18/strange-unhappy-life-of-rodney-dangerfield/|access-date= 2021-03-09| via=spokesman.com}}</ref> In an interview with [[Howard Stern]] on May 25, 2004, Dangerfield told Stern that he had been molested by a man in his neighborhood. The man would pay Rodney a nickel and kiss him for five minutes.<ref>{{Citation|title=Rodney Dangerfield (05/25/04)|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aAssKun1KZk| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210624212344/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aAssKun1KZk| archive-date=2021-06-24 | url-status= dead|language=en|access-date=2021-03-09}}</ref>
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