Posted on 01/04/2023 11:55:17 AM PST by nickcarraway
Over his decades on the air, Howard Stern has brought forward a number of different personalities who have made a lasting impression on audiences. One of the most important figures that Howard highlighted, though, was Fred Schreiber, who was also known as Fred the Elephant Boy.
Recently, it was announced that Fred died. As tributes to Fred begin pouring in online, many are wondering what happened to the former Howard Stern regular. Keep reading for all the details.
What happened to Fred the Elephant Boy? Posts about Fred have increased on social media after news broke that he died. Howard discussed the news on his show, describing Fred as the longest-tenured Wack Packer in the show's history.
“One of my faves,” Howard said during a remembrance on the air. “He was a 30-year-old virgin when we met him, and we helped him get laid for the first time… I thought the show was a great, great bonus for this guy’s life.”
Fred called into The Howard Stern Show for the first time in 1988, and stood out even then. He formed a connection with Howard that lasted for decades as both men grew older.
“Elephant Boy was a good dude,” Howard recalled. “He was a good-hearted guy and whenever we asked him to do something he was so thrilled to be a part of the radio show.”
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Fred even introduced Howard when he was seeking the nomination for the Governor of New York at the Libertarian party convention. “I knew Fred was the perfect person,” Howard said, and even played clips of Fred's speech from the convention. “He was quite the speech master and he got really fu--ing excited sometimes… I mean you couldn’t ask for a better hype man.”
What was Fred's cause of death?
Fred died at just 64 years old, leading some to wonder about his cause of death.
According to reporting in Meaww, Fred died as a result of complication due to blood clots. It isn't clear whether he had been sick for some time, or whether his death came on somewhat suddenly.
Howard was far from the only person to offer a remembrance for the former Wack Packer, though.
Tributes to Fred the Elephant Guy began pouring in online as soon as Howard's tribute was release, and there were also some more extended tributes from figures like author JG Faherty, who wrote a lengthy Facebook post that offered Howard Stern listeners more details on who Fred was.
"A lot of people don't know that he had a great sense of humor (he regularly posted goofy jokes on Twitter) and was also an avid reader, plus just a generally nice guy," JG wrote.
"When I ran a contest to be named a character in my book Ragman, Fred graciously donated a chunk of money he couldn't really afford to help the Hudson Valley Human Society," JG's post continued. "The only thing he asked was that I don't kill him in the book, he wanted a serious role. So I made him a cop assisting with the investigation of a murder scene. He was so happy!"
Isn’t stern a big covid shot cheerleader?
beat me to it.
Yup:
Howard Stern Says Hospitals Should Ban COVID Anti-Vaxxers: ‘You’re Going to Go Home and Die’
https://variety.com/2022/digital/news/howard-stern-hospitals-ban-unvaccinated-people-1235157846/
Yep. And probably still is.
I remember when people died for lots of different reasons. But nowadays it seems like everyone is so busy dying from blood clots that they don’t have time to die of anything else.
I wonder if Fred also had the J&J jab?
I wouldn’t know.
“He was a 30-year-old virgin when we met him, and we helped him get laid for the first time… I thought the show was a great, great bonus for this guy’s life.”
I’ll bet she was a real “sweetie”.
Howard Stern is so... Corporate anymore. Stopped listening to him when he went to Sirius.
I count myself fortunate.
Yep.
And I don’t know why anyone takes seriously political pronouncements from the obcene fraud who is Howard Stern.
Yes I listened to him before Sirius. Wasted money a long time ago in his stupid New Years Eve video.
Truly a bad guy whose shtick included cheering a John Dibello’s wife suicide, then ultimately made the guy appear on his show and worship Howard, after destroying John’s career.
Howard is not a good person and he’s less funny now that he can curse all the time in an even more juvenile fashion.
>> Elephant Boy was a good dude
unlike Corn Pop
>>Howard Stern is so ....
He is basically a disgusting pig in every sense of the word. I maybe listened to him 1-2 times about 20 years ago...he needs to go away and die, preferably soon.
I guess it was more aimed at John, though Stern certainly used the wife.
Howard Stern was a guilty pleasure. The one great thing I heard on his show (besides comedy) was his live reporting on 9/11 which was more honest than anyone else. “You know that second building is coming down next”.
But over all I think he’s a creep.
The “farcical” phone call to Peter Jennings during the O.J. chase (”And Baba Booey to y’all!”) was a classic.
““When are we gonna stop putting up with the idiots in this country and just say it’s mandatory to get vaccinated? F— ‘em. F— their freedom. I want my freedom to live,” - Howard Stern
From “rage against the machine” to “obey the machine.”
Flush Howard the POS Stern
Listening to him a few times during CoVid as he bitched about people going out (because they had to— to eat) and not being masked to his satisfaction made me realize: this guy is a coward. He’s everything he used to mock. All that money and not an ounce of charity, mercy or kindness. What a lesson.
Coward Stern.
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