William Henry “Bill” Cosby, Jr. (born July 12, 1937) is an American comedian, actor, author, television producer, educator, musician and activist. He later met his wife Camille Hanks Cosby performing stand-up in Washington, D.C., in the early 1960s. They had five children: Ennis William (born 1969). was shot dead while changing a flat tire on the side of Los Angeles Interstate 405, on January 16, 1997. Ennis stopped to help a friend on a freeway, Mikail Markhasev when he was murdered.