Alan Dundes (70), Frank Perdue (84) obituaries today

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ALAN DUNDES
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http://www.nytimes.com/2005/04/02/obituaries/02dundes.html
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I thought he was much older than 70...I've been looking at much of his work. He contributed a bad essay on "86" to American Speech somewhat recently, but that's the least of his many contributions to American folklore.
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FRANK PERDUE
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http://www.nytimes.com/2005/04/02/business/02perdue.html
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The chicken man's catchphrase was: "It takes a tough man to make a tender chicken."