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2004 Bob Keeshan, Captain Kangaroo/Clarabell the Clown, dies at 76

1999 Bill Ballantine, clown, Ringling Brothers Clown College, dies at 87

1997 Bob Bell, clown (WGN's 1st Bozo), dies at 75

1995 Pierre Olaf, cabaret artist/clown, dies at 67

1994 Liesbeth Struppert, actress (Pipo the Clown, Anne Frank), dies at 55

1993 Herbert Joeks, van Hugten, Dutch actor (Pipo the Clown), dies at 77

1992 Lou Jacobs, U.S. clown (1966 U.S. postage stamp), dies at 89

1991 Cor Witschge, Pipo the Clown, Dutch actor (Alicia), dies at 65

1984 Al Schacht, Clown prince of baseball, baseball player, dies at 91

1979 Emmett Kelly, circus clown (Weary Willy), dies at 80

1974 Coco the Clown, Nikolai Poliakov, dies

1961 Lee Moran, actor (Circus Clown), dies of heart ailment at 72

1960 Everly Brothers "Cathy's Clown" hits #1

1960 Bobby Clark, vaudevillan (World's funniest circus clown), dies at 71

1959 Grock, Adrien Wettach, Swiss clown/circus director, dies at 79

1959 "Bozo the Clown" live children's show premieres on TV

1958 Dodgers announces mascot/clown Emmett Kelly will not perform in 1958

1947 Ben Cramer, Dutch vocalist, Clown

1940 Smokey Robinson, rocker, & Miracles-Tears of Clown

1939 Warren "Pete" Moore, U.S. singer, Miracles-Tears of a Clown

1935 Christine CT "Christel" Adelaar, Dutch actress, Pipo the Clown

1932 Maria M L "Marijke" Bakker, Dutch actress, Mammaloe-Pipo the Clown

1925 Cor Witschge, Dutch actor, Pipo the Clown

1924 Jane Greer, Washington D.C., actress, Prisoner of Zenda, Clown

1898 Emmett Kelly, Sedan, Kansas, circus clown, Weary Willie

1889 Tom Dugan, Dublin Ireland, actor, Circus Clown, Drag, Skyway

1888 Lee Moran, born in Chicago, Illinois, actor, Circus Clown

1888 Bobby Clark, vaudevillan, World's funniest circus clown

1888 Grock, born in Switzerland, clown

1880 Grock, Adrien Wettach, Swiss clown/circus director

1837 Joseph Grimaldi, London, clown

1837 Joseph Grimaldi, greatest clown (king of pantomime), dies at 57

1779 Joseph Grimaldi, England, pantomimist, "greatest clown in history"


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