Bozo the Clown, real name, Larry Harmon who bought the rights of Bozo character from creator Alan W. Livingston and Capitol Records. Bozo the Clown first started his fame doing spoken word albums. Pinto Colvig first did the voices of Bozo the Clown for the records until Larry Harmon bought the character. As Larry Harmon made the Bozo character more popular, it grew into TV shows. Larry Harmon died of congestive heart failure, he was 83.

The Associated Press reports:

http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5hhj-8BF2XnML69KPAiEQQkgECTRwD91N0V080

I expect Hollywood to do a biopic film about Larry and Bozo. RIP.

Kev