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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46. I used to love the grand prize game. I'd always yell at the TV when kids missed the 2nd or 3rd bucket and got stuck going home with a pack of Archway cookies.

Posted at 12:24AM on Jul 4th 2008 by perky

47. RIP. Bozo, Ronald McDonald, etc... clowns scare the crap out of me.

Posted at 9:43PM on Jul 4th 2008 by Me

48. Was he the clown that was arrested once for having bodies of young men buried in his backyard??

Posted at 12:51AM on Jul 4th 2008 by FIBiker

49. Fibiker, you are an ASS CLOWN, that was John Wayne Gacy!!!

Posted at 12:57AM on Jul 4th 2008 by Melon Head

50. Just when I think I like TMz you go ghetto!

Posted at 2:08AM on Jul 4th 2008 by ,

51.
R.I.P. Bozo
You will be missed.

Posted at 3:00AM on Jul 4th 2008 by C.C.

52. I will miss Bozo The Clown. I really liked that show. I am 23 now. And I rememebr it when I was little. It used to come on in the mornings on the WGN station. THey really do not make them like that anymore. He will be missed. And thanks for the good times and being a class entertainer and role model for children parents and families.

Posted at 2:33AM on Jul 4th 2008 by GEB

53. Cram it Clown!

Posted at 1:41AM on Jul 4th 2008 by Bozo No-No.

54. bozo was the best damn clown ever.. ya ass clowns!

Posted at 1:56AM on Jul 4th 2008 by matt

55. I WAS VERY SAD TO HEAR BOZO DIED, EVERY MORNING WE WOULD WATCH THE BOZO SHOW AND RAY RAYNER SHOW . THEN IT WAS TIME FOR SCHOOL IT WAS SOMETHING WE DID FOR MANY YEARS WHEN WE WERE KIDS. I WAS REALLY SAD WHEN THE SHOW WENT OFF THE AIR, NOW EVEN MORE SAD TO HEAR THAT HE PASSED AWAY. BOZO YOU WILL BE MISSED BY MANY FANS SUCH AS ME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Posted at 2:22AM on Jul 4th 2008 by kathy shifflette

56. 83 Rip Old age! Boze brought many smiles in the world left behind so many of us whom can think back to them good old days when he was the first face we see when the TV came on some early morning day we will see your BEST act iin the big tint in the sky BOZO

Posted at 2:50AM on Jul 4th 2008 by Pamela Jean

57. Leave me alone- I still can't get over Clarabell....

Posted at 2:44AM on Jul 4th 2008 by auramac

58. #40 - Yes, I remember Chucko the Clown also. He wore a funny little hat that had something spinning around in it. I remeber meeting Bozo when I was about 6 years old (in 1958) It was one of the highlights of my childhood! LOL Why are so many people afraid of clowns? Is it just because of "It"?

Posted at 3:00AM on Jul 4th 2008 by No way

59. my condolensces to the Bozo family.

Posted at 3:09AM on Jul 4th 2008 by niles

60. I was actually one of the kids on the show that got to throw the balls in the bucket once!

RIP Bozo, he and the original were a huge part of many childhoods!

Posted at 4:43AM on Jul 4th 2008 by Mando

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