Spoiler : Drake, Galen (birth name was Forest Rucker) Born in Kokomo, Indiana 7/26/1907; died 6/30/1989 of lung cancer in Long Beach, California. He grew up in Long Beach, California. Singer on radio at age fourteen, then studied law and medicine while working as an announcer at KFOX-Long Beach. CBS West Coast news commentator (1942-1943); This Is Galen Drake (talk show with hints on everyday housewife subjects) on KNX- Los Angeles; ABC (1945-1949); Mutual (1949-1950); CBS (1954-1958); Mutual (1958-1960s). Host of a children's television variety show, "The Galen Drake Show (This Is Galen Drake) on ABC in 1957.

Spoiler : Galen Drakes birth name is Foster Rucker.