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"Death borders upon our birth, and our cradle stands in the
grave. Our birth is nothing but our death begun." Bishop Hall
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Welcome to another edition of Dead End.
This week we say goodbye to a variety of talented folks.
They include Lew Anderson, who played Howdy Doody's best
friend Clarabell the Clown on the long-running show, and
child actor Frankie Thomas, who skyrocketed to fame in the
1950s as TV's "Tom Corbett, Space Cadet." We also remember
actress Joan Diener, who originated the role of Dulcinea
in the 1965 Broadway musical "Man of La Mancha," singer
Johnnie Wilder Jr, and Grateful Dead crew member, Lawrence
"Ramrod" Shurtliff.
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LEW ANDERSON, PLAYED HOWDY DOODY'S BEST FRIEND, DEAD AT 84
Lew "Clarabell the Clown" Anderson, who played a puppet's
best friend on TV's "The Howdy Doody Show" from 1954-1960,
has died in Hawthorne, N.Y., at age 84. Anderson died Sunday
from complications of prostate cancer, the New York Times
reported Wednesday. Of the three actors to portray Clarabell
between 1947 and 1960, Anderson logged the most air time as
Howdy Doody's best friend. Anderson spoke the series' final
words when it ended after 2,243 episodes on Sept. 24, 1960.
With a tear in his eye, Anderson as Clarabell said his first
and last words: "Goodbye, kids." An arranger, composer and
clarinetist, Anderson was playing with his band, the Honey
Dreamers, when Smith hired him to portray Clarabell. After
the show ended, he went back to his first love and formed
the All-American Big Band, the Friday night house band at
New York's Birdland jazz club. Anderson is survived by his
wife, two sons and five grandchildren.
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FRANKIE THOMAS, CHILD ACTOR, DEAD AT 85
Child actor Frankie Thomas who skyrocketed to fame in the
1950s as TV's "Tom Corbett, Space Cadet," has died of
respiratory failure at age 85. Thomas got his start on
Broadway in the early 1930s and reprised his stage role in
RKO's 1934 film, "Wednesday's Child," the Los Angeles Times
said. After that, he split his time between the Big Apple
and Tinsel Town, appearing on stage in "Remember the Day,"
"Seen but Not Heard" and "Your Loving Son" and on the big
screen in "A Dog of Flanders," "Boys Town" and "The Major
and the Minor." He also starred in the 1937 adventure
serial, "Tim Tyler's Luck" and appeared in four Nancy Drew
films as the teenage detective's boyfriend, Ted Nickerson.
"Tom Corbett, Space Cadet" debuted in 1950 as a 15-minute,
three-night-a-week series on CBS and later expanded to a
half-hour show also seen on ABC, NBC and the DuMont networks
and heard on radio.
JOAN DIENER, BROADWAY ACTRESS, DEAD AT 76
Actress Joan Diener, who originated the role of Dulcinea in
the 1965 Broadway musical "Man of La Mancha," has died of
cancer in New York at age 76. The longtime favorite of
Broadway audiences who reprised her role in "La Mancha" as
recently as 1992, died Saturday, the New York Times reported.
The Columbus, Ohio, native was majoring in psychology at
Sarah Lawrence College in Bronxville, N.Y., and moonlighting
in the theater when she was snapped by a photographer in
1950 and featured in Life magazine. The feature jumpstarted
her theater career and she won her first major role in the
1953 musical, "Kismet." She left a London production of the
show in 1955 and did not return to Broadway until 12 years
later in "Man of La Mancha," directed by her husband, Albert
Marre. Although Sophia Loren played Dulcinea in the film
version, Diener starred through the years in "La Mancha"
revivals in Los Angeles and New York. She is survived by
her husband, a daughter, a son and three grandsons.
JOHNNIE WILDER JR., SINGER IN HEATWAVE, DEAD AT 56
Singer Johnnie Wilder Jr., co-founder of the Grammy-nominated
funk group, Heatwave, has died in Clayton, Ohio, at age 56.
No cause of death was given for Wilder, who was paralyzed
from the neck down in a 1979 car crash, the Dayton (Ohio)
Daily News reported. Wilder and his brother, Keith, founded
Heatwave while stationed in Germany with the U.S. Army and
took the group to the top of the charts with a string of
1970s disco/funk hits such as "Boogie Nights" and "Always
and Forever." The group was recording its third album, "Hot
Property," in 1979 when Wilder's rental car was struck by a
van, leaving him paralyzed from the neck down and hospital-
ized for a year, the Daily News said. Keith Wilder said his
brother was given a week to live and outlasted doctor's
predictions by 27 years. He eventually returned to recording
with Heatwave and later released two gospel albums, "My
Goal" and "One More Day." In addition to Keith, Wilder is
survived by his wife, a daughter and two other brothers.
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LAWRENCE SHURTLIFF, GRATEFUL DEAD CREW MEMBER, DEAD AT 61
Grateful Dead crew member, Lawrence "Ramrod" Shurtliff,
described by Bob Weir as "our rock," has died in Petaluma,
Calif., at age 61. Shurtliff, known simply as "Ramrod," died
Wednesday only weeks after being diagnosed with lung cancer,
The San Francisco Chronicle reported. Ramrod started as a
truck driver for the band in 1967 and was laid off with the
remainder of the Dead's staff last year. He served as
president of the Grateful Dead board of directors when it
incorporated in the '70s until guitarist Jerry Garcia's
death in 1995. Hart and Weir recalled a vast number of
instances where Ramrod proved invaluable to the jam band --
like the time Hart as so stoned, Ramrod fastened him to his
drum stool with gaffer's tape so he would not fall off. He
had a son, Strider Shurtliff, with his first wife, Patricia
"Patticake" Luft, and a son, Rudson Shurtliff, with his
wife of 38 years, Francis Whalen.
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Notable deaths this week in history...
In 1973, Jeanette Rankin, the first woman to serve in the
United States Congress, died at the age of 92.
In 1987, Rita Hayworth, the legendary Hollywood beauty who
rose to international fame in the 1940's and 1950's, died of
Alzheimer's disease at age 68.
In 1998, singer, actor, and entertainer Frank Sinatra, known
as Old Blue Eyes, died at the age of 82.
In 2003, June Carter Cash, the country singer who married
Johnny Cash and recorded several hits with him, died at the
age of 73.
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