When she started to play, Steinway came down personally and rubbed his name off the piano.

Towards the end of his career eye problems left him unable to read his cue cards. Hope recruited his own family members for USO travel.

He participated in the sports of golf and boxing and owned a small stake in his hometown baseball team the Cleveland Indians. S. He was married to his wife fellow performer Dolores Hope (née DeFina) for 69 years.