They Earned Their Wings Already?

Somehow, during a conversation, the “Jeopardy!” theme came up. I mentioned how Merv Griffin gets paid a royalty fee if it’s played for longer than thirty seconds. My friend said, “His estate gets paid.” I was surprised and replied, “I think he’s still alive.” So I went to “DeadOrAliveInfo.com” to check. Pushing daisies.

In the last six months:

Bozo the Clown. Well, not the original Bozo, but Larry Harmon who was the best-known and the person we will always remember as The Clown.

Dody Goodman. I think she was on Jack Paar’s “Tonight Show,” which will let you know about how old she was. A gentleman never tells.

Cyd Charisse. Our younger readers will not know this dancer. Our older readers will not know Tula Ellice Finklea, her birth name.

Bo Diddley, early r&r performer with the square guitar and inventor of the “shave and a haircut” beat. This blog site has something on him., if you will look back at the entry for June 2 and comments made by readers that day.

Harvey Korman, second banana forever, best known for his work on the Carol Burnett Show. Great skit artist.