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• Bell, Bob 'Bozo'   b. January 18, 1922  d. December 8, 1997
  Actor. WGN-TV Chicago's legendary and world's most famous portrayer of 'Bozo the Clown' on WGN's 'Bozo's Circus.' He played Bozo from 1960 to 1984, and he was inducted into the Clown Hall of Fame on August 3, 1996.
  Cremated, Ashes scattered at sea, Ashes Scattered at Sea
   
• Brown, Roy    b. July 8, 1932  d. January 22, 2001
  Radio Personality. Mr. Brown was an accomplished artist and puppeteer, who drew all the artwork for WGN's "Ray Rayner Show," and did the puppeteer work for the Cuddly Dudley Character on "Ray Rayner," as well as the puppeteer work for all of the puppets on WGN's "Garfield Goose and Friends." He played Cooky the Cook on WGN's "Bozo's Circus" from 1968 until his retirement in 1994.
  Memory Gardens Cemetery, Arlington Heights (Cook County), Cook County, Illinois, USA
   
• Colvig, Pinto (Vance DeBar)    b. September 11, 1892  d. October 3, 1967
  Vaudeville actor, radio actor, newspaper cartoonist, prolific movie voice actor, and circus performer whose schtick was playing clarinet off-key while mugging. He was born September 11, 1892 in Jacksonville, Oregon, USA, and died of lung cancer on October 3, 1967 in Woodland Hills, California. Colvig is probably best known as the voice of Disney's Goofy and the original Bozo the Clown, a part he played for a full decade beginning in 1946. Colvig worked for not only the Disney studio, but the...[Read More]
  Cause of death: Lung cancer
  Holy Cross Cemetery, Culver City, Los Angeles County, California, USA
   
• Locke, Ned (Norbert)   b. December 25, 1919  d. February 4, 1992
  Actor. He played Ringmaster Ned in "Bozo's Circus" and "Big Top."
  Cause of death: Cancer
  Cremated, Ashes scattered
  Plot: Ashes scattered in Table Rock Lake, Kimberling City, Missouri
   
• Rayner (Rahner), Ray   b. July 23, 1919  d. January 21, 2004
  Television Show Host. He played 'Sargent Henry Pettipone' on "Dick Tracy" from 1961 to 1966. He joined "Bozo's Circus" in 1961 where he played 'Oliver O. Oliver', the hillbilly clown until 1971. He was the original Ronald McDonald. His most famous role was as the host of WGN (Chicago) television's "Breakfast with Buggy Bunny" starting in 1961. The show was renamed "Ray Rayner and his Friends" and ran until 1981. Frequent guests were Chelveston the duck, Cuddley Duddely (Roy Brown) the dog...[Read More] (Bio by: Scott Maxwell)
  Vista Verde Memorial Park, Rio Rancho, Sandoval County, New Mexico, USA
  Plot: Cremated, ashes buried next to his first wife Jeanne, Section 2, Block 23, Space 1
   
• Thomas, Frazier (William Frazier)   b. June 13, 1918  d. April 3, 1985
  Actor. Played in "The Bozo Show" and "Bozo's Circus."
  Cremated, Location of ashes is unknown
   

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