On 'You Bet Your Life,' which was heard for three years on radio before beginning an 11-year run on NBC television in 1950 followed by a long afterlife in reruns, Fenneman was announcer, on-air bookkeeper and resilient second banana. He died of emphysema, said his wife, Peggy. George Fenneman, who earned an enduring place in television history as the good-natured, courtly foil to the tart-tongued mischief of Groucho Marx on the long-running quiz show 'You Bet Your Life,' died May 29 at his home in Los Angeles. George Fenneman, 77, Dies Courtly Foil for Groucho On the popular NBC television quiz show of the 50's 'You Bet Your Life.' George Fenneman as the resilient sidekick of Groucho Marx
