Edward Kean, the main writer of Baby Boomer TV staple "The Howdy Doody Show" has died. He was 85.
Kean wrote the theme song "It's Howdy Doody Time" and is credited with coining the word "kowabunga."
Kean died Aug. 13 at a nursing care facility in West Bloomfield Township, Michigan, due to complications from emphysema, family friend Del Reddy told the Associated Press.
Kean wrote the theme song "It's Howdy Doody Time" and is credited with coining the word "kowabunga."
Kean died Aug. 13 at a nursing care facility in West Bloomfield Township, Michigan, due to complications from emphysema, family friend Del Reddy told the Associated Press.
- 8/23/2010
- The Wrap
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