{"id":35117,"date":"2024-09-02T17:32:48","date_gmt":"2024-09-02T22:32:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.wlbott.com\/?p=35117"},"modified":"2024-09-03T07:00:12","modified_gmt":"2024-09-03T12:00:12","slug":"michigan-jackson-frog","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wlbott.com\/?p=35117","title":{"rendered":"Michigan Jackson Frog"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text is-stacked-on-mobile\" style=\"grid-template-columns:38% auto\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wlbott.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/mjf_0013.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-35118 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wlbott.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/mjf_0013.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.wlbott.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/mjf_0013-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.wlbott.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/mjf_0013-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.wlbott.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/mjf_0013-768x768.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Michigan Jackson Frog<\/strong> is an animated cartoon character from the Warner Bros.&#8217; Merrie Melodies film series. Originally a one-shot character, his only appearance during the original run of the Merrie Melodies series was as the star of the <strong>One Froggy Evening<\/strong> short film (December 31, 1955), written by Michael Maltese and directed by Chuck Jones.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<cite><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Michigan_J._Frog\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Wikipedia<\/a><\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wlbott.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/mjf_0012.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"659\" data-id=\"35122\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wlbott.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/mjf_0012.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-35122\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wlbott.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/mjf_0012.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.wlbott.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/mjf_0012-300x193.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.wlbott.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/mjf_0012-768x494.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wlbott.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/mjf_0014.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"717\" data-id=\"35121\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wlbott.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/mjf_0014.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-35121\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wlbott.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/mjf_0014.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.wlbott.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/mjf_0014-300x210.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.wlbott.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/mjf_0014-768x538.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"836\" height=\"470\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/6OCzxCHMrpU\" title=\"One Froggy Evening (1955) Opening and Closing\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen=\"\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Bold Artistic Expression<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-2 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wlbott.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/mjf_0001.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"820\" height=\"1024\" data-id=\"35127\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wlbott.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/mjf_0001.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-35127\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wlbott.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/mjf_0001.jpg 820w, https:\/\/www.wlbott.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/mjf_0001-240x300.jpg 240w, https:\/\/www.wlbott.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/mjf_0001-768x959.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 820px) 100vw, 820px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wlbott.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/mjf_0002.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" data-id=\"35130\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wlbott.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/mjf_0002.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-35130\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wlbott.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/mjf_0002.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.wlbott.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/mjf_0002-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wlbott.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/mjf_0003.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"698\" height=\"1024\" data-id=\"35129\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wlbott.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/mjf_0003.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-35129\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wlbott.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/mjf_0003.jpg 698w, https:\/\/www.wlbott.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/mjf_0003-204x300.jpg 204w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 698px) 100vw, 698px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wlbott.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/mjf_0007.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"683\" height=\"1024\" data-id=\"35128\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wlbott.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/mjf_0007.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-35128\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wlbott.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/mjf_0007.jpg 683w, https:\/\/www.wlbott.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/mjf_0007-200x300.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 683px) 100vw, 683px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wlbott.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/mjf_0010.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"822\" height=\"1024\" data-id=\"35126\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wlbott.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/mjf_0010.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-35126\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wlbott.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/mjf_0010.jpg 822w, https:\/\/www.wlbott.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/mjf_0010-241x300.jpg 241w, https:\/\/www.wlbott.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/mjf_0010-768x957.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 822px) 100vw, 822px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Obituary for Michigan J. Frog<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The <strong>Washington Post<\/strong> ran an obituary for Michigan J. Frog. The obituary lampooned the greedy corporate decision to pull the plug on MJF.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>BULLETIN:<\/strong><br>Michigan J. Frog, the 1950s Warner Bros. contract player best known for his top hat, cane and ragtime songs, is dead, killed by the WB network for whom he had been working as a mascot, The TV Column has learned.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">In the biggest news yet to come out of the action-packed Summer TV Press Tour 2005, WB suits, after being grilled during a midday news conference with the Reporters Who Cover Television, confessed yesterday to killing off their beloved mascot, Michigan J. Frog.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">Mr. Frog would have turned 50 in December.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;Services will be held,&#8221; Janollari said apologetically.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;The frog was on life support for a long time, and then we got permission from a federal court to disconnect the feeding tube,&#8221; Ancier said. He has been with the network since its launch in &#8217;95 and has always had it in for Mr. Frog, according to <em><strong>well-placed sources who wished to remain anonymous because it&#8217;s a short hop from killing a frog to knocking off a snitch<\/strong><\/em>.<\/p>\n<cite><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/wp-dyn\/content\/article\/2005\/07\/22\/AR2005072201999_2.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">The Washington Post<\/a><\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Ms. Michigan J. Frog<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>WLBOTT<\/strong> proposes that Warner Brothers create a <strong>Ms. Frog<\/strong> who solves crimes in <strong><em>classic film-noir<\/em><\/strong> style.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-3 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wlbott.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/download-13.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"512\" height=\"768\" data-id=\"35134\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wlbott.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/download-13.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-35134\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wlbott.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/download-13.jpg 512w, https:\/\/www.wlbott.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/download-13-200x300.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 512px) 100vw, 512px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wlbott.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/download-2.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"512\" height=\"768\" data-id=\"35136\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wlbott.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/download-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-35136\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wlbott.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/download-2.jpg 512w, https:\/\/www.wlbott.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/download-2-200x300.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 512px) 100vw, 512px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wlbott.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/download-7.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"512\" height=\"768\" data-id=\"35135\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wlbott.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/download-7.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-35135\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wlbott.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/download-7.jpg 512w, https:\/\/www.wlbott.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/download-7-200x300.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 512px) 100vw, 512px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wlbott.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/download-11.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"512\" data-id=\"35137\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wlbott.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/download-11.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-35137\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wlbott.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/download-11.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.wlbott.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/download-11-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-4 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wlbott.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/mjf_0004.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"683\" height=\"1024\" data-id=\"35143\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wlbott.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/mjf_0004.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-35143\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wlbott.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/mjf_0004.jpg 683w, https:\/\/www.wlbott.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/mjf_0004-200x300.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 683px) 100vw, 683px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wlbott.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/download-4.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"512\" height=\"768\" data-id=\"35141\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wlbott.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/download-4.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-35141\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wlbott.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/download-4.jpg 512w, https:\/\/www.wlbott.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/download-4-200x300.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 512px) 100vw, 512px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wlbott.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/download-1.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"512\" height=\"768\" data-id=\"35142\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wlbott.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/download-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-35142\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wlbott.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/download-1.jpg 512w, https:\/\/www.wlbott.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/download-1-200x300.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 512px) 100vw, 512px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wlbott.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/download-12.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"512\" data-id=\"35140\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wlbott.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/download-12.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-35140\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wlbott.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/download-12.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.wlbott.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/download-12-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Leon Redbone and &#8220;On The Tracks&#8221;<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text is-stacked-on-mobile\" style=\"grid-template-columns:45% auto\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wlbott.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/lr_0001.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-35146 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wlbott.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/lr_0001.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.wlbott.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/lr_0001-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.wlbott.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/lr_0001-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.wlbott.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/lr_0001-768x768.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Michigan J. Frog<\/strong> made it onto the cover of <strong>Leon Redbone<\/strong>&#8216;s album &#8220;On The Tracks&#8221;. MTJ was drawn by none other than <strong>Chuck Jones<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size wp-block-paragraph\"><em>&#8220;There&#8217;s a grasshopper sittin&#8217; on a railroad track \/ Pickin&#8217; his teeth with a carpet tack.&#8221; <\/em><br><em>&#8211; Polly Wolly Doodle All Day<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Leon Redbone<\/strong> (born Dickran Gobalian; August 26, 1949 \u2013 May 30, 2019) was a singer-songwriter and musician specializing in jazz, blues, and Tin Pan Alley classics. Recognized by his hat (often a Panama hat), dark sunglasses, and black tie, he was born in Cyprus of Armenian ancestry and first appeared on stage in Toronto, Canada, in the early 1970s. He also appeared on film and television in acting and voice-over roles.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Early life<\/strong><br>Redbone was elusive about his origins, and never explained the origin of his stage name. According to a Toronto Star report in the 1980s, he came to Canada in the mid-1960s, and changed his name via the Ontario Change of Name Act. Biographical research published in 2019 corroborated his birth name, and confirmed that his family was of Armenian origin. His parents lived in Jerusalem, but fled in 1948 for Nicosia, Cyprus, where Redbone was born. By 1961, the family had moved to London, England, and by 1965 to Toronto.[<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">The [Rolling Stone] article described his performances as &#8220;so authentic you can hear the surface noise of an old 78 rpm.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"482\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wlbott.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/lr_0012.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-35149\" style=\"width:583px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wlbott.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/lr_0012.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.wlbott.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/lr_0012-300x141.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.wlbott.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/lr_0012-768x362.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">He was introduced to a larger public as a semi-regular musical guest on NBC&#8217;s <strong>Saturday Night Live<\/strong>, appearing twice in the first season.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Death<\/strong><br>On May 19, 2015 on his website, his publicist referred to concerns about his health and announced his retirement from performing and recording.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">Redbone died on May 30, 2019, from the effects of dementia. At the time he was living in New Hope, Pennsylvania, in hospice care. He was survived by his wife Beryl Handler, daughters Blake and Ashley, and three grandchildren.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">A statement on Redbone&#8217;s website noted his death with cheeky humor: <em><strong>&#8220;It is with heavy hearts we announce that early this morning, May 30, 2019, Leon Redbone crossed the delta for that beautiful shore at the age of 127. He departed our world with his guitar, his trusty companion Rover, and a simple tip of his hat.&#8221;<\/strong><\/em> His longtime publicist Jim Della Croce confirmed that Redbone was actually 69.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-2 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-5 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wlbott.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/lr_0010.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"482\" data-id=\"35151\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wlbott.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/lr_0010.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-35151\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wlbott.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/lr_0010.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.wlbott.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/lr_0010-300x141.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.wlbott.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/lr_0010-768x362.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, 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