CARNIVAL PIGMY DIES
King Dodo Dies in Show Tent at Klamath Falls.
KLAMATH FALLS , Or June 26 - The king is dead! And now there is no king. The monarch in question was King Dodo, a pygmy 19 inches tall and 56 years old. He died last night in the arms of the sword swallower under the big top of a carnival company showing here. He was stricken just as the show was starting.
King Dodo, whos real name was John Taylor, 56, had been a side-show attraction all his life. His home was in Los Angeles and his body will be sent there for burial.
-Clipping from an unknown newspaper dated June 27 1927, found in a book.
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