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...Died. Dode Fisk, 81, retired boss of a 25-car circus known as "Fisk's Great Combined Shows"; in Columbus, Ohio. Circus Man Fisk's funeral came off precisely as he had requested. Summoned from an old folks' home, Parson William S. ("Doc") Waddell, an ex-circus man, stood next to Dode's favorite sunflower (see cut), praised the dead, and exhorted the company to heed Dode's sign, laugh and talk. The three-piece orchestra blared Mc-Cloud's Reel, Happy Days are Here Again and, with audience joining...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Milestones, Jan. 13, 1941 | 1/13/1941 | See Source »

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