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Soupy Sales is seen during a 1987 return visit to his alma matter, Huntington High School.
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Soupy Sales signs a copy of his book Soupy Sez! for fan and author Steven Shaffer of Ironton.
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In this Nov. 17, 1966, file photo, Soupy Sales rehearses for his Broadway debut in "Come Live With Me" in New York. Soupy Sales, the rubber-faced comedian whose anything-for-a-chuckle career was built on 20,000 pies to the face and 5,000 live TV appearances across a half-century of laughs, has died, Thursday, Oct. 22, 2009. He was 83.
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In this Jan. 8, 2001, file photo, comedian Soupy Sales, center, speaks with actor/comedian Larry Storch, from the television show "F Troop," right, as actor Mickey Freeman, from the "Sgt. Bilko" television show, listens at Sales' 75th birthday party given by the Friar's Club in New York. Soupy Sales, the rubber-faced comedian whose anything-for-a-chuckle career was built on 20,000 pies to the face and 5,000 live TV appearances across a half-century of laughs, has died, Thursday, Oct. 22, 2009. He was 83.
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Former Harlem Globetrotter Meadowlark Lemon, right, speaks with Soupy Sales during a past Huntington Ha-Ha at the Huntington Civic Arena.
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In this Monday, Jan. 8, 2001, file photo, Soupy Sales, right, gets smooched by fellow comedian Dr. Erwin Corey at the New York Friars Club during the celebration of Sales' 75th birthday in New York, Soupy Sales, the rubber-faced comedian whose anything-for-a-chuckle career was built on 20,000 pies to the face and 5,000 live TV appearances across a half-century of laughs, has died, Thursday, Oct. 22, 2009. He was 83.
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Huntington native and legendary comedian Soupy Sales autographs a photo for a patron during a past Ohio River Festival of Books at the Big Sandy Superstore Arena.
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Comedian Soupy Sales, left, smashes a cream pie in the face of Hollywood's honorary Mayor Johnny Grant, during a ceremony honoring Sales Friday, Jan. 7, 2005, with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in Los Angeles. Grant had mentioned to Sales, who had thrown pies in the faces of Frank Sinatra and Sammy Davis Jr., that he wanted to be a part of that elite club.
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In this Jan. 27, 1967 file photo, Soupy Sales is embraced backstage by Hanne Bork after his Broadway debut in "Come Live With Me" in New York. Soupy Sales, the rubber-faced comedian whose anything-for-a-chuckle career was built on 20,000 pies to the face and 5,000 live TV appearances across a half-century of laughs, has died, Thursday, Oct. 22, 2009. He was 83.
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Comedian Soupy Sales smiles during a ceremony honoring Sales Friday, Jan. 7, 2005, with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in Los Angeles.
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Soupy Sales is seen in Huntington in this 1977 file photo.
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Soupy Sales is seen during a 1987 return visit to his alma matter, Huntington High School.
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Soupy Sales is seen with former Huntington mayor businessman Joe Williams in this 1984 file photo.
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The book cover of "Soupy Sez! My Life and Zany Times" by Soupy Sales and Charles Salzberg.
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Soupy Sales prepares to throw a pie in this undated file photo.
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Huntington Quarterly featured a story on Soupy Sales in 1995.
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A pie is left on the star of Soupy Sales on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in Los Angeles on Friday, Oct. 23, 2009. Soupy Sales, the rubber-faced comedian whose anything-for-a-chuckle career was built on 20,000 pies to the face and 5,000 live TV appearances across a half-century of laughs, has died. He was 83. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)
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A pie is left on the star of Soupy Sales on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in Los Angeles on Friday, Oct. 23, 2009. Soupy Sales, the rubber-faced comedian whose anything-for-a-chuckle career was built on 20,000 pies to the face and 5,000 live TV appearances across a half-century of laughs, has died. He was 83.
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