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| Allan Arbus, Dr. Sydney Freedman of "MASH" |
As I get older, it seems more and more people die. But the number of deaths hasn't increased, it's the fact that more and more individuals I was familiar with while growing up are passing away. This year there seemed to be quite a few and I wanted to acknowledge them. Not just the really famous like Peter O'Toole and Joan Fontaine, but those who achieved a measure of notoriety like the puppeteer on Captain Kangaroo who did the voice for Mr. Moose, the lady who sang the Chock Full of Nuts jingle, and Sally Starr, the kiddie show hostess from the Philadelphia area who used to babysit me, my sister and brother on long afternoons after school before dinner. Not in person, of course, but on the TV. She would dress up in a spangled cowgirl's outfit and introduce Popeye, Courageous Cat, and Clutch Cargo cartoons.
There are so many, I've broken them up into separate posts:
Cosmo Allegretti, 86, puppeteer who gave life to such characters
as the smart-alecky Mister Moose, the mischevious Bunny Rabbit, and the wise
Grandfather Clock on the long-running “Captain Kangaroo” children’s TV series,
appeared as an actor in such films as “Prince of the City” and “Author! Author!,”
appeared on Broadway in “Requiem for a Heavyweight” with John Lithgow.
