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.

http://www.bostonherald.com/news/local_c...dies_at_89

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A huge segment of the population is asking “Who?”



And I thought he died a while ago...

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What in the Wide Wide World of Sports is agoin' on here???

A huge segment of the population is asking “Who?”



And I thought he died a while ago...

LOL.  There are those too young to remember................and those too old to remember.

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He was big in Chicago. I’m not sure if the show was syndicated and if so how many cities. Was a creepy [BLEEP] clown doing creepy [BLEEP] clown [BLEEP]. You know the type. I remember the biggest thing was kids throwing ping pong balls into ‘bozo buckets’ at increasing distances. The prize? I don’t remember. Probably 15 minutes alone with bozo. God have mercy on their souls.

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He was big in Chicago.  I’m not sure if the show was syndicated and if so how many cities.  Was a creepy [BLEEP] clown doing creepy [BLEEP] clown [BLEEP].  You know the type.  I remember the biggest thing was kids throwing ping pong balls into ‘bozo buckets’ at increasing distances. The prize? I don’t remember. Probably 15 minutes alone with bozo.  God have mercy on their souls.

Different Bozo, and yes, he is the one that is long dead. http://articles.chicagotribune.com/1997-...ll-mr-bell

I am with bunny, the first thing I thought when I saw the article is 'this guy is still alive?'

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He was big in Chicago.  I’m not sure if the show was syndicated and if so how many cities.  Was a creepy [BLEEP] clown doing creepy [BLEEP] clown [BLEEP].  You know the type.  I remember the biggest thing was kids throwing ping pong balls into ‘bozo buckets’ at increasing distances. The prize? I don’t remember. Probably 15 minutes alone with bozo.  God have mercy on their souls.

Different Bozo, and yes, he is the one that is long dead. http://articles.chicagotribune.com/1997-...ll-mr-bell

I am with bunny, the first thing I thought when I saw the article is 'this guy is still alive?'

This is the Bozo the Clown I remember.
As a child I watched that show when I lived in the Great Lakes area. And remember still catching it on WGN when I first moved to Pensacola.

I even owned the at home game of the ping pong balls and buckets.


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bozo_the_Clown
Apparently, there were quite a few Bozos as it was a franchise idea as opposed to a syndication show.

Whoda thunk it.

After looking into more... I probably mostly remember https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Bozo_S...unday_Show
A fella named Joey D'Auria took the helm and it was likely him that I remember most especially once I was in Pensacola post 1993

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