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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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76. My father played Bozo for the Austin television station in the late '60's. Larry Harmon is the person who hired him and trained him in the art of being Bozo. Dad tells me he was a truly a great guy.

Posted at 11:23PM on Jul 4th 2008 by Bozo's Kiddo

77. SHARE #61... I enjoyed reading ur post!!!!

Posted at 12:09AM on Jul 5th 2008 by My goodness!!

78. Well, you can tell your for southern california by your headline.. What cold hearted, souless people you are

Posted at 2:17AM on Jul 5th 2008 by superman

79. In ancient times, like the late 50's and early 60's, there wasn't much kid programming. I grew up in the Chicago area and Bozo and Ringmaster Ned were my daily lunchtime companions. Always good clean fun and who can forget the Bozo Buckets game? So exciting to watch kids toss ping-pong balls into buckets and win toys. May he rest in peace, he certainly brought a lot of joy into my young life.

Posted at 10:04AM on Jul 5th 2008 by Susan B.

80. "Poor Dead Clown"

Posted at 1:50PM on Jul 5th 2008 by Homer Simpson

81. Clowns are disturbing on so many levels. Just wrong.

Posted at 4:46PM on Jul 7th 2008 by R.Zimmerman

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