What is Don Sandburg?
[[File:Don Sandburg.jpg|right|200px|thumb|Sandburg as Sandy the Clown (1960s)]] '''Don Sandburg''' (1930 &ndash; October 6, 2018) was an [[Americans|American]] television writer, actor, and producer. He was born in [[Cincinnati, Ohio]]. He has worked in [[television]], most notably as producer of ''[[The Banana Splits]]'' for [[Hanna-Barbera]] as well as [[WGN-TV]]'s ''[[The Bozo Show|Bozo's Circus]]'' as Sandy the Clown.<ref name=Timeline60>{{cite web|url=http://wgntv.com/station/bozotime/tln1960s.htm|title=Bozo Timeline-1960s|publisher=WGN-TV|access-date=16 February 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20010709002133/http://wgntv.com/station/bozotime/tln1960s.htm|archive-date=9 July 2001}}</ref> In 1967, Sandburg appeared in local [[McDonald's]] ads as [[Ronald McDonald]].<ref name=Timeline60/> Sandburg died of complications from [[Alzheimer's disease]] in [[Springfield, Oregon]] on October 6, 2018 at the age of 87.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://wgntv.com/2018/10/07/don-sandburg-last-surviving-original-cast-member-of-bozos-circus-dead-at-87/ | title=Don Sandburg, last surviving original cast member of 'Bozo's Circus,' dead at 87 | date=8 October 2018 | access-date=11 October 2018 | archive-date=22 October 2018 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181022081456/https://wgntv.com/2018/10/07/don-sandburg-last-surviving-original-cast-member-of-bozos-circus-dead-at-87/ | url-status=dead }}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} ==Other websites== * [http://www.fuzzymemories.tv/index.php?m=xxbozoxx Various shorts clips and original commercial breaks from airings of Bozo's Circus/The Bozo Show] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181009013350/http://www.fuzzymemories.tv/index.php?m=xxbozoxx |date=2018-10-09 }} {{DEFAULTSORT:Sandburg, Don}} [[Category:1930 births]] [[Category:2018 deaths]] [[Category:Deaths from Alzheimer's disease]] [[Category:Disease-related deaths in Oregon]] [[Category:American television producers]] [[Category:American television actors]] [[Category:American television writer