Larry Harmon, Bozo the Clown Portrayer, Dies at 83

Larry Harmon, best remembered as the lovable Bozo the Clown, has died of congestive heart failure. Harmon was 83.

While Harmon did not create the character of Bozo the Clown he certainly popularized the figure through television and other outlets, quickly becoming the standard by which all other clowns would be graded.

Harmon started his career as Bozo in the late 1940s after Alan Livingston created the entertaining personality. It was Pinto Colvig who first donned the costume of the flame-haired clown for a series of children’s recordings in 1946 but Harmon was quickly contracted to portray the clown as a means of promoting the product.

By the 1950s Harmon bought the copyright to Bozo the Clown and turned it into the world famous image that earned a television series as well as spawned numerous cartoons.

Harmon franchised Bozo by constantly training new actors for the role.

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