Early life Paul Lynde was born in Mount Vernon, Ohio, the son of Sylvia Bell Lynde () and Hoy Corydon Lynde, who owned and operated a meat market. Fifth-born among six siblings, Lynde had older sisters, Grace and Helen, older brothers, Richard Hoy and Coradon ("Cordy") George and younger brother, John ("Johnny"). His favorite brother, Coradon, died in 1944 at the age of 21, in the Battle of the Bulge in World War II. In 1949, his parents died within three months of each other.
Early life Paul Lynde was born in Mount Vernon, Ohio, the son of Sylvia Bell Lynde () and Hoy Corydon Lynde, who owned and operated a meat market. Fifth-born among six siblin,gs, Lynde had older sisters Grace and Helen, older brothers, Richard Hoy and Coradon ("Cordy") George and younger brother, John ("Johnny"). His favorite brother, Coradon, died in 1944 at the age of 21, in the Battle of the Bulge in World War II. In 1949, his parents died within three months of each other.