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Reader: With Blinky’s death, a part of Denver’s history passed

The sad news came down this week: Blinky is gone. Russell Scott, aka Blinky the Clown, spent more than three decades on Denver TV, where he hosted Blinky's Fun Club, a Channel 2 kiddie program, for 33 years -- until the plug was pulled in 1998. Blinky died Monday at...
By Patricia CalhounAugust 30, 2012
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The sad news came down this week: Blinky is gone. Russell Scott, aka Blinky the Clown, spent more than three decades on Denver TV, where he hosted Blinky’s Fun Club, a Channel 2 kiddie program, for 33 years — until the plug was pulled in 1998.

Blinky died Monday at the age of 91, but left behind many, many memories.

Says Joshua:

As a child, every weekday morning started with Blinky. Denver TV has not been the same without him these last 15 years or so. It’s a shame that his kind of television is something that today’s kids will never know. A part of Denver’s history passed.

Read more about Blinky — and see him in action — on this Latest Word piece. And then
post your own memories of Blinky below.

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Patricia Calhoun is editor-in-chief of Westword, the alt-weekly she co-founded in September 1977. She’s been inducted into the Colorado Press Association Hall of Fame, the Association of Alternative Newsmedia Hall of Fame and the Colorado Restaurant Association Hall of Fame. She’s also received dozens of local, state and national awards for writing, including first place for feature writing and first place for column writing with the Society of Professional Journalists. Patricia is a weekly commentator on Colorado Inside Out, PBS 12’s public affairs roundtable, which has won two Emmys.

patricia.calhoun@westword.com
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