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08 Apr 2015, 11:00 pm

http://www.latimes.com/local/obituaries ... tml#page=1
he was one of a kind. RIP :|

I remember as a kid, watching his jeno pizza roll commercials and suspecting something quasi-subversive about him :lol:



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12 Apr 2015, 9:39 pm

RIP, the original voice of Pete Puma.

Freberg was a very clever man. He will be missed.


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12 Apr 2015, 9:44 pm

they used his "elderly man river" routine as a sort of object lesson in my college communications class, about the limits of euphemism and censorship.



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12 Apr 2015, 9:53 pm

This is very sad news.

A few years ago I listened to recordings of his . It was one of the funniest comedy shows I'd heard.



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12 Apr 2015, 9:54 pm

he was very durable. I fear who will be the next shoe to drop.