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==Name== As with all of the Marx Brothers, various theories exist regarding the origin of Zeppo's stage name. His older brother [[Groucho Marx|Groucho]] said in his [[Carnegie Hall]] concert in 1972<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ibras.dk/comedy/marx.htm|title=An Evening With Groucho Marx|website=Ibras.dk|access-date=September 21, 2018}}</ref> that the name was derived from the [[Zeppelin]] airship, and Zeppo's ex-wife [[Barbara Sinatra]] repeated this claim in her 2011 book ''Lady Blue Eyes: My Life with Frank''. In his 1961 autobiography ''Harpo Speaks!'', older brother [[Harpo Marx|Harpo]] said that there was a trained chimpanzee named Mr. Zippo that Herbert would imitate, but when Herbert objected to being named after a chimp, it was altered to Zeppo. In a rare television interview years later, Zeppo said that "Zep" was Italian-American slang for "baby", and the name fit as he was the youngest of the brothers.
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