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Because of his family’s circus heritage, “everybody who knew the circus knows of him, and his name preceded him, and he had a reputation to uphold,” she said. His father served as dean of the Ringling Bros. Clown College in Venice, which Toby attended in 1973, leading to a year performing with the Red Unit of the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus in 1974. He later came back to Clown College to teach stilt walking, one of the skills he frequently used when he would make appearances as a very tall Uncle Sam for the Nathan’s 4th of July hot dog eating contest. His family said he ...

Stories of Standards—Surrey with the Fringe on Top Linda Hillshafer Share Tune in to hear our favorite versions of “The Surrey with the Fringe on Top” as presented by Rodney Franks on Stories of Standards on weekday mornings at 7:50 and 8:50 am beginning Monday, March 8. Stories of Standards is sponsored by ListenUp. “The Surrey With the Fringe On Top” was written for the 1943 Rodgers and Hammerstein musical “Oklahoma.” First performed by by Alfred Drake, Joan Roberts & Betty Garde, Miles Davis adopted it into his repertoire in the 1950s and many others followe...

The condo at One57 on Billionaires’ Row has been on and off the market for years with an asking price of $27.1 million. A Delaware-based limited liability company, Villa Borghese, agreed to buy the three-bedroom apartment in June at a 32 percent discount. The unit closed for $18.4 million in early December. Extell’s spokesperson admitted “that pricing was set in a different world,” but noted that since news of the Covid-19 vaccine was announced, buyers have been out in force — and the developer says it’s willing to meet them where they are. Davies, known best for bringing the game...