One of the last KF Celebrity Promoters has passed

[Fid]

I just heard on my way home from work today that Art Linkletter passed away today at 97.  I remember watching him on TV when I was a young'un and always liked him.  I sent him a letter back 2002 and he sent me a personal reply -

RIP - Art!  Sounds like he learned that Fids say the darndest things!

[HJ-ETEX]

Art Linkletter! He used to have an afternoon variety show that I watched when I was little (Kids Say the D*rnest Things was only a 4 minute segment). That and "Queen for a Day" is what we had instead of Judge XX or the Oprah network is what we had after school - and American Bandstand. Art is one of those celebrities that if I had been asked, I would have said I thought he died 15 years ago. 

[kaiserfrazerlibrary]

Rise Stevens, at about the same age Art was when he died is the last living member of the group that appeared in the Kaiser-Frazer "day in the life of" series.  She is also the only one of the group to appear in two completly separate ads...there was a two-page color and a single page color that ran featuring a typical day in her active life. 

It should be noted that everyone who was profiled in an ad got a Henry J...Rise even got a set of luggage from K-F trimmed in the alligator vinyl material.  Also, I have seen home movie footage that showed Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz with the kids prior to Kindergarten at home, with a 1953 Kaiser Manhattan (green and ivory) in the driveway!

[Gordie]

Wow!  What a great letter to have from him.  Treasure that one!

[jerussel]

I'm really sorry to hear of his passing.
When I was a young boy, I would go over to his house and swim with his kids.  They lived 3 doors down, in Beverly Hills.  He was a great neighbor and very friendly to all the kids in the neighborhood.
They moved to the Sunset Bl area when I was about 10.  I was sad when they moved away.
The old property is now an apartment bldg. (of course).