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Fred Gwynne was an accomplished writer & illustrator of children's books. His most famous titles. The King Who Rained and A Chocolate Moose for Dinner, attested to his love for puns and homonyms. He also managed to patent a new kind of swim flipper shortly before he died.
Bob Burns (1890-1956) Musical comedian who played a novelty instrument of his own invention (made from kitchen funnel & some pipe), which he called a "bazooka". During World War II, the US Army's handheld anti-tank rocket launcher was nicknamed the "bazooka." #popmusic
Estes Kefauver (1903-63) gained national attention when he chaired the Senate's Special Committee to Investigate Organized Crime in 1950 & 1951, a series of investigative hearings held around the nation that made pioneering use of television. #television #Popculture #politics