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Archive Home > 2008 > October > 10 > Charles Runyon, 86, was a children’s entertainer

Charles Runyon, 86, was a children’s entertainer

By Dennis McLellan / The Bulletin
October 10, 2008

Charles Runyon, who as Chucko the Birthday Clown was a popular Los Angeles children’s TV show host in the 1950s and ’60s, has died. He was 86.

Runyon died Saturday of res-piratory failure in an assisted- living facility in Grants Pass, said his son, Randy Runyon.

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