[1848] in Humor
HUMOR: Obit in the News
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Andrew Bennett)
Mon Jan 27 11:20:28 1997
Date: Mon, 27 Jan 1997 11:06:08 -0500
To: humor@MIT.EDU
From: abennett@MIT.EDU (Andrew Bennett)
Date: Sun, 26 Jan 1997 22:39:48 -0800
From: Connie Kleinjans <connie@interserve.com>
From: Tanya Cote <tanyac@Rational.COM>
Hello everyone..............in case you didn't catch it on CNN.
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Veteran Pillsbury spokesman Pop N. Fresh died Wednesday of a severe
yeast infection. He was 71. He was buried Friday in one of the biggest
funerals in years. Dozens of celebrities turned out including Mrs.
Butterworth, the California Raisins, Hungry Jack, Betty Crocker, and
the Hostess Twinkies.
The graveside was piled high with flours, as longtime friend Aunt Jemima
delivered the eulogy, describing Fresh as a man who "never knew he was
kneaded".
Fresh rose quickly in show business, but his later life was filled with
turnovers. He was not considered a smart cookie, and wasted much of his
dough on half-baked schemes. Still, even as a crusty old man, he was a
roll model to millions. Fresh is survived by his second wife. They had two
children, and one in the oven.....
