Larry Harmon, who played Bozo the Clown for more than 50 years, died on Thursday of congestive heart failure at age 83, his spokesman said.
Harmon, a native of Ohio, died at his home in Los Angeles, his spokesman Jerry Digney said.
 
Harmon was not the original Bozo, but he portrayed the flame-haired clown in numerous appearances [...]

Larry Harmon, who turned the character Bozo the Clown into a show business staple that delighted children for more than a half-century, died Thursday of congestive heart failure. He was 83.
His publicist, Jerry Digney, told The Associated Press he died at his home.
Although not the original Bozo, Harmon portrayed the popular clown in countless appearances [...]

Bozo the Clown is the name of a clown whose widespread franchising in early television made him the best-known clown character in the United States. Although the generic name Bozo is reckoned “of uncertain origin” by the Random House Unabridged Dictionaryand given an earliest use of c. 1915–20, when it was a common term referring [...]