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TV personality who played Bozo the Clown dies at 89....8^(
www.bostonherald.com ^ | 03-22-2018 | Staff

Posted on 03/22/2018 6:43:33 AM PDT by Red Badger

BOSTON — A longtime television personality who played a beloved clown had died, according to family.

WCVB-TV says 89-year-old Frank Avruch, who played Bozo the Clown from 1959 to 1970, has died.

Avruch was a contributor to the station for over 40 years as a host of "Man About Town," and "The Great Entertainment."

He died Tuesday at his Boston home from heart disease, and is survived by his wife Betty, two sons Matthew and Steven and several grandchildren.

Avruch graduated from Boston University in 1949 with a bachelor's degree in Communication.

He was an active philanthropist, and was a board member of UNICEF'S New England Chapter.

"We will miss him greatly," the family said in a statement to WCVB-TV. "Our dad loved the children of all ages who remembered being on his show, and was always grateful for their kind words."


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Culture/Society; US: Massachusetts
KEYWORDS: bozo; clowns; hollywood; obituary
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1 posted on 03/22/2018 6:43:33 AM PDT by Red Badger
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To: Red Badger

A show for a different age, that’s for sure.

I think the person that played Bozo in my town might still be alive. We also watched the show out of Chicago.


2 posted on 03/22/2018 6:45:18 AM PDT by VanDeKoik
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To: VanDeKoik

Willard Scott?...........

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bozo_the_Clown


3 posted on 03/22/2018 6:47:19 AM PDT by Red Badger (The people who call Trump a tyrant are the same people who want the president to confiscate weapons.)
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To: Red Badger

Nope. Looks like it was Bob Bell out of WGN in Chicago.

And he died in 1997 too.


4 posted on 03/22/2018 6:49:17 AM PDT by VanDeKoik
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To: Red Badger

Always loved those shoes . . .
RIP. May I always consider being called his character’s name a compliment.


5 posted on 03/22/2018 6:50:43 AM PDT by BraveMan
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To: VanDeKoik

I barely remember watching it out of Memphis as a kid.

The channel it was on, we only had three, was very weak and fuzzy in my area since we were 70 miles away.................


6 posted on 03/22/2018 6:52:43 AM PDT by Red Badger (The people who call Trump a tyrant are the same people who want the president to confiscate weapons.)
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To: Red Badger

Several other clowns that he was an inspiration to will be present at his funeral to pay their respects. They will all arrive and leave in the same car..


7 posted on 03/22/2018 6:55:14 AM PDT by Garden Island
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To: Garden Island

LOL!!...........good one!..............


8 posted on 03/22/2018 6:58:02 AM PDT by Red Badger (The people who call Trump a tyrant are the same people who want the president to confiscate weapons.)
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To: Garden Island

“A little song,
A little dance,
A little seltzer...”


9 posted on 03/22/2018 6:59:00 AM PDT by jjotto ("Ya could look it up!")
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To: VanDeKoik

Art Cervi played Bozo in Detroit. He was at a Windsor Canada station from 1960 to 75 then moved to WJBK in Detroit until 1980. Still kicking.

I recall being a member of the studio audience twice in Canada. What a heady experience for a young lad.

My brother got picked for a game. It was something about eating a doughnut from a string.


10 posted on 03/22/2018 7:04:20 AM PDT by cyclotic (Trump tweets are the only news source you can trust.)
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To: Red Badger

My mother was a Bozo-ette in high school.


11 posted on 03/22/2018 7:05:15 AM PDT by billorites (freepo ergo sum)
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To: Red Badger

CNN “Bozo dead, Trump not seen in public since”


12 posted on 03/22/2018 7:11:45 AM PDT by Lee Enfield (We aren't tired of winning, they aren't tired of whining. I'm comfortable with that.)
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Rest in God's peace, BOZO. I will miss you.

13 posted on 03/22/2018 7:13:46 AM PDT by Delta 21 (Build The Wall !! Jail The Cankle !!)
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To: Red Badger

Rest in peace you creepy S.O.B.... ;-)


14 posted on 03/22/2018 7:20:46 AM PDT by Hatteras
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To: VanDeKoik; Red Badger
Williard Scott was the original Ronald McDonald


15 posted on 03/22/2018 7:24:25 AM PDT by COBOL2Java (The bigger the government, the smaller the citizen)
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To: Red Badger

the next Bozo has some pretty big shoes to fill......


16 posted on 03/22/2018 7:24:33 AM PDT by Lockbar (What would Vlad The Impaler do?)
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To: VanDeKoik

On the board for unicef. Hmm


17 posted on 03/22/2018 7:25:50 AM PDT by albie
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To: Lockbar

I was waiting for that.................B^)


18 posted on 03/22/2018 7:25:53 AM PDT by Red Badger (The people who call Trump a tyrant are the same people who want the president to confiscate weapons.)
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To: Red Badger
Larry Harmon was the "first" Bozo the Clown, in that he purchased the rights in 1956 and franchised Bozo to all the major TV markets.

Harmon died in 2008 at age 83.

-PJ

19 posted on 03/22/2018 7:26:58 AM PDT by Political Junkie Too (The 1st Amendment gives the People the right to a free press, not CNN the right to the 1st question.)
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To: Political Junkie Too

I don’t know if our local [Memphis] ‘Bozo’ was truly local, or a film from some bigger market telecast.........................


20 posted on 03/22/2018 7:34:05 AM PDT by Red Badger (The people who call Trump a tyrant are the same people who want the president to confiscate weapons.)
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