R.I.P.
Send in the Clowns ... Bozo is Dead

BozoLarry Harmon, the man credited with making Bozo the Clown the icon he was, died Thursday of congestive heart failure. He was 83.

Harmon wasn't the original Bozo, but built up the character and eventually licensed it to television stations across the country.

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16. A little song, a little dance...a little seltzer in your pants.

Feel free to azz rape the corpse :O

Posted at 8:08PM on Jul 3rd 2008 by FlBiker

17. Wasn't he Mark Harmon's dad? Condolences to the family. I enjoyed Bozo the Clown alot as a child..

Posted at 8:21PM on Jul 3rd 2008 by Jayne

18. oh you said Bozo...not booze.

The red bulbous nose made me think about Happy Hour.

The eternal paradox: To live life well, we must laugh at death.

Posted at 8:15PM on Jul 3rd 2008 by chicken stripper

19. That sucks! I loved that game where you had to toss ping pong balls into the different buckets!! RIP Bozo ;(

Posted at 8:17PM on Jul 3rd 2008 by AvaBardot

20. WHAT A CLOWN, I CAN REMEMBER GOING TO CANADA TO BE ON THE BOZO SHOW WAY BACK IN THE SIXTY'S EARLY 70'S SOMEWHERE BACK THEN WHAT A CLOWN GAVE ME ALOT OF GREAT CHILDHOOD MEMORIES. MY SISTER DID A MAYPO COMERCIAL WHILE WE WERE THEIR AND I GOT TO PLAY THE BUCKET GAME. WHAT A GREAT TIME WE HAD . THANKS BOZO!!!!!!!!!!!!!! YOU ARE LOVED!!!!!

Posted at 8:47PM on Jul 3rd 2008 by Cindy

21. Awww, now I am truly sad. I was on Bozo's Big Top when I was 5 years old and actually got to play a game and win a prize, lo. Two in fact, a Big Thumb game and a 6 pack of Orange Crush, now that is back in the day, lol. I will miss him.

Posted at 8:35PM on Jul 3rd 2008 by claudia gondek

22. I LOVE BOZO, WHEN I WAS A CHILD I WENT TO CANADA TO BE ON THE BOZO SHOW, MY SISTER CATHY GOT TO DO A MAYPO COMERCIAL AND I GOT TO PLAY THE BUCKET GAME, THANKS BOZO FOR ALL THE GREAT CHILDHOOD MEMORIES." FOREVER IN OUR HEARTS"

Posted at 8:46PM on Jul 3rd 2008 by Cindy

23. Bozo is in HELL, SCREAMING in HORROR.

Posted at 8:39PM on Jul 3rd 2008 by Demon

24. How sad this is... I grew up with bozo and watched him even after i became a adult as my kids loved to watch the shows with me... They loved him too and he will be missed no one can make a child smile like he could... rest in peace...

Posted at 8:52PM on Jul 3rd 2008 by kkci1997

25. The most famous Bozo was Bob Bell.....and he portrayed Bozo FAR longer than the recently passed Larry. The Bozo the Clown everybody recalls and is lamenting is Bob Bell. In fact-the picture used in the piece is Bob Bell-not this Larry guy.

Posted at 8:53PM on Jul 3rd 2008 by kathy warren

26. Bozo, Bozo, circus clown, dance around, Bozo, Bozo, circus clown, dance around!

Posted at 9:05PM on Jul 3rd 2008 by Nrthdude1

27. He gave me ass-herpes and never even called me the next day, no flowers, nothing.

Posted at 9:00PM on Jul 3rd 2008 by Kelli

28. "Harmon"? Was Bozo Jewish?

Posted at 9:04PM on Jul 3rd 2008 by JB

29. clowns scare the s--t out of me

Posted at 9:28PM on Jul 3rd 2008 by sheila

30. Bozo always seemed kind of creepy to me...then I watched "IT", the movie version of the Stephen King horror novel.....after that....clowns of all kinds scared the hell out of me.

Posted at 10:50AM on Jul 4th 2008 by N

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