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Actor, Emmett Kelly, was born Emmett Leo Kelly on Dec 9, 1898 in Sedan, KS. Kelly died at the age of 80 on Mar 28, 1979 in Sarasota, FL .

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Emmett Kelly Facts
Henry Fonda portrayed Emmett on "General Electric Theater: Season 3, Episode 25, The Clown" (1955), which was a short biographical piece.
Emmett Kelly originally wanted to be a newspaper cartoonist. Unable to find any work with a newspaper syndicate or an animation studio, he joined a circus as a chalk talk artist (drawing pictures to help illustrate the stories that he told his audiences). Later on, Mr. Kelly became a trapeeze artist at the circus. Working with his first wife, he created and performed as several different clown characters, including a whiteface buffoon. He finally found success with his sad face hobo character: "Weary Willie".
His son, Emmett Kelly Jr. (d. 2006) followed in his footsteps to become a circus clown.
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