Bozo is Dead!

[DBfan187 5,000+ posts]

http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5hhj-8BF2XnML69KPAiEQQkgECTRwD91MKG5G0

Larry Harmon, longtime Bozo the Clown, dead at 83
By JOHN ROGERS – 1 hour ago

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Larry Harmon, who appeared as Bozo the Clown for decades and licensed the name to other Bozos around the world, had died at age 83.

Harmon died Thursday at his home of congestive heart failure, his longtime publicist, Jerry Digney, told The Associated Press.

Although not the first person to play Bozo, Harmon took on the famous clown's persona and, as an entrepreneur, he licensed the character to others, particularly TV stations. Those stations then recruited their own Bozos for local shows.

Harmon met his alter ego after answering a casting call to make personal appearances as a clown to promote records. He got the job and eventually bought the rights to Bozo.

Along the way, he embellished Bozo's distinctive look: the orange-tufted hair, the bulbous nose, the outlandish red, white and blue costume.

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[Louisiana_CRX 5,000+ posts]

i knew he was having complications not too long ago....thats sad...//content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/frown.gif.a3531fa0534503350665a1e957861287.gif

 

[jmanpc 5,000+ posts]

Whats with the pool info in your sig?

 

[Rmsanger 10+ year member]

waaaaaaaaa

 

[brtnboarder3241 5,000+ posts]

saw this on yahoo

 

[dragnix 5,000+ posts]

about time

 

[Rich B 5,000+ posts]

Well at least the original Ronald McDonald is still alive.

Willard Scott as Ronald McDonald, from the first of three pre-recorded television advertisements to feature Ronald. Note the "food-tray hat".