Editing Allan Sherman (section)

==Early life==
Sherman was born on November 30, 1924, in [[Chicago]], [[Illinois]], to Percy Copelon and Rose Sherman.<ref name="SJL" /> Percy was an auto mechanic and race car driver from [[Birmingham, Alabama]] who suffered from obesity (he weighed over 350 pounds) and died while attempting a 100-day diet.<ref name="overweight-sensation">{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=6YW9AgAAQBAJ&q=Percy+%28Fatty%29+Coplon&pg=PP45|author=Mark Cohen|title=Overweight Sensation: The Life and Comedy of Allan Sherman|publisher=[[University Press of New England]]|year=2013|isbn=9781611684278|access-date=August 5, 2020|quote=On November 25, 1949, the front page of the ''Birmingham Post''{{'}}s late edition announced, "Percy (Fatty) Coplon Dies on 93rd Day of Long Fast."}}</ref> Sherman's family was [[Jewish-Americans|Jewish]]. His parents divorced when he was seven,<ref name="SJL" /> and he adopted his mother's maiden name. Because his parents frequently moved to new residences, he attended 21 public schools in Chicago, [[New York City|New York]], [[Los Angeles]], and [[Miami]].<ref name="NYTObin">{{cite web |title=Allan Sherman, Lyricist, Dies; Noted for 'My Son' Parodies |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1973/11/22/archives/allan-sherman-lyricist-dies-noted-for-my-son-parodies-an-unlikely.html |website=The New York Times |access-date=February 12, 2019 |date=November 22, 1973}}</ref> For his High School years, he attended Fairfax High School in Los Angeles where he graduated in 1941. He later attended the [[University of Illinois]], where he earned mostly "C" grades and contributed a humor column to ''[[The Daily Illini]]'', the college newspaper. He was expelled for breaking into the [[Sigma Delta Tau]] sorority house with his girlfriend and future wife, Dolores "Dee" Chackes.<ref name="ShermMarch">{{cite news |last1=Mueller |first1=Jim |title=Sherman's March |url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-2000-03-29-0003290336-story.html |access-date=February 12, 2019 |work=The Chicago Tribune |date=March 29, 2000}}</ref>