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Many youngsters had their first taste of opera March 25â29 at Bergen Mall , Paramus , N. J. , when Dokey the Clown presented " Funopera Bopera . " Lovable Dokey ( Eddie
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Alberian was born Edwin Haig
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Shain, Percey (1973). "Clown Broke Family Tradition".
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