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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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Henry Fonda portrayed Emmett on "General Electric Theater: Season 3, Episode 25, The Clown" (1955), which was a short biographical piece.

Emmett Kelly wrote and published his memiors: "Clown" in l954. He was also a part of a nightclub comedy team with entertainer and radio/TV broadcaster, Linn Sheldon, during the l930s.

He was originally a member of the Knickerbocker Circus and helped rescue several children when the circus tent caught fire, killing a number of people. The event was known forever after as "the day when the clowns cried.".

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