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Flaxbee

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2. Yes, indeed. He was sort of like jazz music - you never quite knew what was coming next but

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Fri Apr 12, 2013, 03:06 PM

Apr 2013

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it was always interesting and usually very funny.

How sad. I liked his lunacy. I wish there was more of it in the world.

Lol - from his obituary:
"Her son [Winters] continued talking to himself and developed a repertory of strange sound effects. He often entertained his high school friends by imitating a race at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway."

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Jonathan Winters, R.I.P. [View all] elleng Apr 2013 OP

A very funny man. Graybeard Apr 2013 #1

Yes, indeed. He was sort of like jazz music - you never quite knew what was coming next but Flaxbee Apr 2013 #2

Vintage Jonathan Winters csziggy Apr 2013 #3

THANKS, ziggy!!! elleng Apr 2013 #4

He was a genius at improv..... AnneD Apr 2013 #5

I just found out he died Beringia Oct 2013 #6