Ken Richmond strikes his final gong!

posted by willis on August 15, 2006 at 5:45 am

Did anybody see the NY Times obit of Ken Richmond? He was the guy who struck the gong at the opening of J. Arthur Rank films. Had a heart attack at 80. Almost as sad was the revelation that the gong was actually made of papier-mache and, “if you hit that gong, you would have gone straight through.” There are some things you just don’t want to know. Anyway, RIP Ken Richmond.

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Jim Vecchio
Jim Vecchio on August 16, 2006 at 2:20 am

Re: the Gong…I wish you hadn’t told me that! Next thing, you’ll be saying those weren’t real bullets Roy Rogers was dodging all those years!

Coco
Coco on September 10, 2006 at 12:13 am

I had the pleasure of meeting Ken in Bournemouth two years ago. He was a real Gentle Giant and one of the nicest people I’ve ever met.

Coco

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