Bob Newman, who brought laughter to children on ‘J.P. Patches’ show, dies at 88
Bob Newman, a former Marine and Mercer Island native who played Gertrude the City Dump telephone operator, Ketchikan the Animal Man, Boris S. Wort and more than a dozen other characters on KIRO TV’s seminal “J.P. Patches" show, died Dec....
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Bob Newman's show was on KIRO-TV in Seattle from 1958-1981.