Robert A. Brooks, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Date of Birth: 10-May-1932
Place of Birth: Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Date of Death: 01-Aug-2000
Profession: police officer
Nationality: United States
Zodiac Sign: Taurus 
About Robert A. Brooks
- Robert Alan "Bob" Brooks (May 10, 1932 – August 1, 2000) was an American telecommunications entrepreneur in St.
- Louis, Missouri who founded several companies and was listed by Red Herring magazine as one of the Top Ten Entrepreneurs of 1999.
- His two best-known companies were Cencom Cable Associates and Brooks Fiber Properties.
- Cencom was sold to Hallmark Cards for $1 billion, and Brooks Fiber Properties was sold to WorldCom for $3 billion.
- His companies were responsible for building hundreds of thousands of miles of fiber-optic and cable television wiring across the United States.
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