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The evolution of fatherhood

A timeline of dads throughout history.

June 19, 2011|By Deborah Netburn, Los Angeles Times

In the 1991 film "Father of the Bride," Steve Martin played George Banks, an anxious father whose increasing frustration with the elaborate (and expensive) wedding he is throwing for his daughter masks how hard it is for him to deal with her growing up. Hilarious scrapes abound.

2000: Richard Williams

The father of two of the tennis world's most formidable players, Richard Williams saw his daughters start to dominate the sport in 2000. He famously got his girls involved in the sport at a tennis court in Compton as a way for them to have a better life. Lucky for these two athletes their dad had vision.

2002: Ozzy Osbourne

Heavy metal dad Ozzy Osbourne allowed the world a peek into his surprisingly mundane domestic life with his wife Sharon and kids Kelly and Jack (his eldest daughter, Aimee, refused to participate). Osbourne seemed stoned throughout the filming of the show, and later revealed to a media outlet that, in fact, he was.

2006: Billy Ray Cyrus

He starred with daughter Miley in the Disney sensation "Hannah Montana" series, and then famously told GQ in March 2011 that the show had ruined his family's life. Not long after he backtracked, telling the ladies of "The View" it was fame, and not Disney, that ruined his family's life.

2008: Jim Bob Duggar

Jim Bob Duggar started off as one of the main characters in the reality TV series "17 Kids and Counting" which morphed into "18 Kids and Counting" and was just recently renamed "19 Kids and Counting." He's so busy his kids have to make appointments to talk to him.

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