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Friday, October 23, 2009

Soupy sales, Jazz fan with connections to Cincinnati, passes away at 83

Soupy's long career included DJ stints in Cincinnati , Cleveland, and TV shows in New York and LA.

He used notable jazz songs to represent his characters, Oscar Peterson's Mumbles was used for the "Pookie the Lion" puppet.

"Comin' Home Baby" by Herbie Mann was the theme for Sales' "Gunninger the Mentalist" character.

See the full wikipedia page on Soupy for more details

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