Bill Thompson aka Wallace from Wallace and Ladmo died

[Kali]

http://www.kpho.com/story/26097758/bill-thompson-of-wallace-and-ladmo-dies

Bill Thompson of KPHO's 'Wallace and Ladmo Show' dies
Posted: Jul 23, 2014 5:22 PM Updated: Jul 23, 2014 6:50 PM
Posted by Phil Benson -

PHOENIX (CBS5) -

The host of one of the longest-running, daily, locally produced children's television shows in American broadcasting has died in Phoenix.

Bill Thompson was 82. His son told CBS 5 News late Wednesday afternoon that Thompson had been in the hospital for a couple of days.

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Film director Steven Spielberg grew up watching the show. It inspired him to write a letter to the show's long-time director, Sharon Kelley, in December 1997.

"Your show inspired me, made me laugh, made me think, and even raised my level of expectations whenever I looked around at things that could make me laugh," Spielberg wrote in part.

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lots more - http://www.kpho.com/story/26097758/bill-thompson-of-wallace-and-ladmo-dies

[sweetloukillbot]

1. Never got a Ladmo bag...

RIP

[Mosby]

2. we are going to miss you wall-boy.

[grockri]

3. In 1954 it started in AZ

I was a child of the Wallace and Ladmo Show. I watched it from when I was a child until I went to the 50th anniversary show at the AZ State Fair. I watched the show and would attend their stage shows. I will miss Wallace aka Wall-boy as Ladmo called him. Somehow AZ seems just a little empty after the passing of Wallace. Wallace starred, and wrote the show. It was a local kid show but it had sophisticated comedy and even some political commentary. Brought a smile to many a kid and adult in Arizona.

Well, to all of those that never saw the show, you really missed something.

Going to miss ya Wallace!