Nipsey Russell of "The Wiz" and game show poems fame - Dead at 80 [Archive]

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comicaze

10-03-2005, 10:39 PM

Wow, another entertainer of a previous generation passing away. My biggest memory of Nipsey was on the Dick Clark-hosted editions of the 10k, 25k, and 100k Pyramid always sharing a rhyme. Sad to see him go... :(

Deathstroke

10-03-2005, 10:55 PM

Oh man, that sucks.

When I was a kid I loved him, he always made me laugh.

Story Link (http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20051004/ap_en_tv/obit/russell_6)

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