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Send in the Clowns ... Bozo is Dead

Posted Jul 3rd 2008 6:56PM by TMZ Staff

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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31. BOZO IS ROTTING IN HELL

Posted at 9:15PM on Jul 3rd 2008 by Demon

32. It is a sad day, watching BOZO as a kid, I called my mother & sisters to tell them.
R P I

Posted at 11:14AM on Jul 4th 2008 by Milton

33. This is sad....but that picture of Bozo is enough to give me (an adult) nightmares.

Posted at 9:51PM on Jul 3rd 2008 by nunyabuz

34. I am sad. i remember Bozo. He was so simple and stupid he made me laugh.

Posted at 11:53PM on Jul 4th 2008 by Ruth

35. What a freakin BOZO.

Posted at 10:13PM on Jul 3rd 2008 by Roger C.

36. Bye Bozo, give laughs in the Big Top for the Big guy. I will shed a tear for all the laughs you gave me as a child.

Posted at 8:43PM on Jul 4th 2008 by my say

37. LMAO!!!!!! Sorry, I am not laughing at the fact he is dead, he brings back many happy memories, but just your title on here! Just struck me as hilarious. Could be the xanax I took though!! LOL!

Posted at 10:23PM on Jul 3rd 2008 by whatthefrig

38. RIP Bozo Loved watching your show

Posted at 10:27PM on Jul 3rd 2008 by stargazer

39. WGN better have a Bozo marathon this long 3-day weekend! R.I.P. Larry "Bozo" Harmon in that great jokehouse in the sky with George Carlin. They say bad things happen in threes. Who's next: Krusty?

Posted at 11:46PM on Jul 3rd 2008 by Nick

40. Oh a little of my childhood is gone, I remember him well, I think a long time ago he was on KCOP, Wow dating myself, anyway. In Bozo words...................................

I'M SUCH A FUNNY CLOWN, I LIKE TO TRAVEL ROUND AND ROUND, THE CIRCUS IS MY HOME, I ALWAYS SEEM TO ROME. GOOD BYE MY DEAR FRIEND. YOU MADE MANY A CHILD HAPPY!

Posted at 10:40PM on Jul 3rd 2008 by A Ladies Thang

41. There was Bozo and I think a clown named Chucko? Anyone remember?

Posted at 10:42PM on Jul 3rd 2008 by God bless

42. RIP Bozo.. Thanks for the years of laughs.. I am a professional clown.. So this is upsetting to see this as soon as I got on the net to look at my emails.. You will never be forgotten..

Posted at 9:58PM on Jul 4th 2008 by Popsicle The Clown

43. So sad! I used to watch him all the time.

Posted at 12:00AM on Jul 4th 2008 by Beach Girl

44. damn.. i hate clowns! i almost had a heart attack! but i am sori he died. r.i.p. but as i c it.,. one less clown in the world.

Posted at 2:42PM on Jul 4th 2008 by Armenian Hottie

45. I can't remember the guys name, but the first Bozo was the same guy that did the voice for Disney's Goofy.

Posted at 12:19AM on Jul 4th 2008 by Clarabell (Howdy Doody)

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