Tiny Tim Tribute

TINY TIM
With his pancake makeup, stringy hair, and bizarre falsetto, Tiny Tim stood out even in the '60s. The ukulele-strumming performer, whose TV wedding was seen by more than 45 million people, died November 30 of a heart attack at reported age of 64. His breakthrough was the 1968 debut of Rowan and Martin's Laugh-In, on which he sang his Top-20 hit, "Tip-Toe Thru' the Tulips with Me." That led to many talk-show appearances, most memorably his marriage to Vicki Budinger-"Miss Vicki"-on The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson December 17, 1969 (above), which cemented his pop-culture status. "If I fell down today," Tim told TV GUIDE in 1968, "I could always say that at one time in my life, for a moment, I stunned them all." He continued to perform in the '90s despite failing health, and died on-stage performing "Tip-Toe." "I was very saddened by news of Tiny Tim's death," Johnny Carson told TV GUIDE. "He was one of the most ingenuous persons I have ever known."

December 28, 1996
Source:Rich Sands TV Guide
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