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Michael Polakovs (1923 - 2009)
The following story courtesy of The Wall Street Journal By STEPHEN MILLER A habitual recipient of a pie in the face, Coco the Clown was a circus favorite who helped create another well-known clown, Ronald McDonald. Michael Polakovs, who died Dec. 6 at age 86, honed his clown act for eight decades, including a lengthy stint at Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus. Clowning was the...
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Fred Travalena, 66 (1942 - 2009)
LOS ANGELES -- Impressionist Fred Travalena, a headliner in Vegas showrooms and a regular on late-night talk shows with his takes on presidents, crooners and screen stars, has died in Los Angeles. He was 66. Publicist Roger Neal says Travalena died Sunday at his home in the Encino area after a recurrence of the non-Hodgkin's lymphoma that first surfaced in 2002. Travalena was known for...
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Boris Yefimov, 108 (1900 - 2008)
MOSCOW - Celebrated political cartoonist Boris Yefimov, who drew brutally satirical images of the Soviet Union's foes in the service of Josef Stalin, died Wednesday. He was 108. Yefimov's death was given wide coverage on Russian state television. No cause was given. His cartoons spanned virtually the entire history of the communist state, from shortly after the 1917 revolution to the...
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Bernie Mac, 50 (1957 - 2008)
Chicago -- Bernie Mac blended style, authority and a touch of self-aware bluster to make audiences laugh as well as connect with him. For Mac, who died Saturday at age 50, it was a winning mix, delivering him from a poor childhood to stardom as a standup comedian, in films including the casino heist caper "Ocean's Eleven" and his acclaimed sitcom "The Bernie Mac Show." Though his comedy...
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Dody Goodman, 93 (1914 - 2008)
Dody Goodman, the delightfully daffy comedian known for her television appearances on Jack Paar's late-night talk show and as the mother on the soap-opera parody "Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman," has died. She was 93. Goodman died Sunday at Englewood Hospital and Medical Center in New Jersey, said Joan Adams, a close family friend. The actress had been ill for some time and had lived in the...
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Mahmoud Jabr (2008)
Damascus, Syria - Syria's state run news agency says comedian Mahmoud Jabr has died of a heart attack. He was 73. The Syrian Arab News Agency and Jabr's brother, Naji, says the comedian had...
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George Carlin, 71 (1937 - 2008)
George Carlin, the dean of counterculture comedians whose biting insights on life and language were immortalized in his "Seven Words You Can Never Say On TV" routine, died of heart failure Sunday....
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Kenneth Keith Kallenbach, 39 (1969 - 2008)
Comedian Kenneth Keith Kallenbach, a long-running member of Howard Stern's "Wack Pack," has died after falling ill in jail. He was 39. Kallenbach contracted pneumonia while in custody on a charge...
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Richard Pryor, 65 (1940 - 2005)
Richard Pryor startled audiences with his foul-mouthed routines, but his universal and frequently personal insights propelled him into one of Hollywood's biggest stars. The pioneering comedian,...
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Alan King, 76 (1927 - 2004)
For comedian Alan King, nobody was out of bounds when it came to humor. Not even a sitting queen. Once, after performing for Queen Elizabeth II in London, the comedian was introduced to Britain's...
