Editing Bob Geldof (section)

==Early life==
Geldof was born and brought up in [[Dún Laoghaire]], Ireland, a son of Robert and Evelyn Geldof.<ref name="GeldofBio">{{cite book| last=Geldof| first=Bob| title=Is That It?| publisher=Penguin| location=London| date=March 1987| edition=First| pages=[https://archive.org/details/isthatit00geld/page/360 360 pages]| isbn=978-1-55584-115-7| url-access=registration| url=https://archive.org/details/isthatit00geld/page/360}}</ref><ref name="stratsbegin">{{cite news | url=https://www.thetimes.com/article/ireland-the-rat-pack-who-looked-after-number-one-pcr0lddnqv6| title=Ireland: The rat pack who looked after number one| last=Heaney| first=Mick| date=6 March 2005| newspaper=[[The Sunday Times]]|access-date=30 June 2009| location=London, UK}}</ref> His paternal grandfather, Zenon Geldof, was a Belgian immigrant<ref name="BGU">{{cite news | title=Bob Geldof to receive BGU honorary doctorate| author=Nadav Shemer| url=http://www.jpost.com/Features/In-Thespotlight/Bob-Geldof-to-receive-BGU-honorary-doctorate| newspaper=[[The Jerusalem Post]]| date=22 March 2011| access-date=8 April 2014}}</ref> and a hotel chef.<ref name="BGU"/><ref name="Zenon Geldof - Belgian Master Chef">{{cite web | url=http://arrow.dit.ie/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1018&context=tfschafart |title=Zenon Geldof : Belgian Master Chef |website=Arrow.die.ie |access-date=10 April 2014}}</ref> His paternal grandmother, Amelia Falk, was a [[British Jews|British Jew]] from [[London]] of [[History of the Jews in Germany|German-Jewish]] descent.<ref name="BGU"/><ref name="Zenon Geldof - Belgian Master Chef"/> When Geldof was six years old, his mother Evelyn died at age 45 of a cerebral [[haemorrhage]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.irishtimes.com/news/ireland/irish-news/bob-geldof-speaks-of-personal-experiences-of-grief-1.2447886|title=Bob Geldof speaks of personal experiences of grief|first=Niamh|last=Towey|newspaper=The Irish Times}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.independent.ie/lifestyle/the-saving-of-geldofs-soul-29105411.html|title=The saving of Geldof's soul|website=independent|date=4 March 2013 }}</ref>

Geldof attended [[Blackrock College]], where he was bullied for being a poor rugby player and for his middle name, Zenon.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rleague.com/db/article.php?id=16101 |title=The World of Rugby League |website=Rleague.com |access-date=10 August 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090113051322/http://www.rleague.com/db/article.php?id=16101 |archive-date=13 January 2009 }}</ref> After working as a slaughterman, a [[Navvy|road navvy]] and pea canner in [[Wisbech]], England, he was hired as a music journalist in [[Vancouver]], [[British Columbia]], Canada, for ''[[The Georgia Straight]]''.<ref>{{cite news | title=History of the Georgia Straight| url=https://www.straight.com/history | newspaper=[[The Georgia Straight]]| access-date=9 November 2014}}</ref> He briefly guest hosted the [[Canadian Broadcasting Corporation]] children's program ''[[Switchback (TV series)|Switchback]]''.