Editing Bob Crane (section)

==Early life==
Bob Crane was born in [[Waterbury, Connecticut]], the younger of two sons to Rose Mary ([[née]] Ksenich) and Alfred Thomas Crane—the original spelling of the family name was Crean.<ref>Hind Posz, Darcie. "Robert E. Crane of ''Hogan's Heroes'' and his Hogan and Crean Ancestors of Waterbury and Stamford." ''Connecticut Ancestry'', Vol. 64, no. 1 (August 2021): 31-40.</ref> Crane spent his childhood and teenaged years in [[Stamford, Connecticut|Stamford]].<ref name="Altamont">''[[Altamont Enterprise and Albany County Post]]'', Friday, February 13, 1970, p. 1, "Glittering Stars to Appear on Telethon," [http://historicnewspapers.guilpl.org/altamont-enterprise-1970/altamont-enterprise-1970%20-%200069.pdf] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110726135058/http://historicnewspapers.guilpl.org/altamont-enterprise-1970/altamont-enterprise-1970%20-%200069.pdf|date=July 26, 2011}}; A&E "Bob Crane Biography" [http://www.biography.com/articles/Bob-Crane-9542342];''[[TV Radio Mirror]]'', October 1967, pp. 33, 76–79.; Stamford High School; Stamford Historical Society, Stamford CT.</ref>

Crane began playing drums at the age of 11, and by junior high was organizing local drum and bugle parades with his neighborhood friends.<ref name=Altamont/> He joined his high school's orchestra and its marching and jazz bands.<ref name=Altamont/><ref>''TV Star Parade'', January 1966, "The Unlikeliest Hero of Them All," pp. 8, 70–71; Stamford High School, Stamford, CT.</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=June 25, 1966 |title=Bob Crane's 'Instant' Success Story |pages=3 |work=Nashua Telegraph |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/77364519/bob-cranes-instant-success-story/ |access-date=May 9, 2021}}</ref> Crane also played for the Connecticut and [[Norwalk Youth Symphony|Norwalk]] Symphony Orchestras as part of their youth orchestra program.<ref>''TV Radio Mirror'', October 1967, pp. 33, 76–79; Bridgeport Symphony Orchestra, formerly Connecticut Symphony Orchestra, Bridgeport CT; Stamford High School, Class of 1946 Alumni.</ref> He graduated from [[Stamford High School (Stamford, Connecticut)|Stamford High School]] in 1946.<ref name=Altamont/> Two years later, he enlisted for two years in the [[Connecticut Army National Guard]] and was honorably discharged in 1950.<ref>''[[Newark Advocate]]'', July 24, 1965, "Crane Gambles $150,000," p. 7; Stamford National Guard records, Stamford CT.</ref> The previous year, he married his high-school sweetheart, Anne Terzian. The couple had three children: Robert David, Deborah Anne, and Karen Leslie.<ref>{{Cite news |date=June 30, 1978 |title='Hogan's Heroes' Star Bob Crane Beaten to Death |page=6 |work=[[Youngstown Vindicator]] |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=OKpJAAAAIBAJ&pg=3541,5676842&dq=bob+crane+sigrid+valdis&hl=en |access-date=December 15, 2012}}</ref>