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PHOTOS: Most famous clowns, past to present

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Comedian Red Skelton is surrounded by clowns of the Clyde Beatty Circus, giving him a helping hand as he puts on a big nose, in Los Angeles, Calif., in June 1946.
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Tuesday, October 4, 2016

We're celebrating (and/or cringing about) the most famous clowns in entertainment and news with a photo gallery about these popular, wisecracking or freaky circus acts

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