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Posted by Susan Whitall (The Detroit News) on Sun, Oct 25, 2009 at 11:49 PM

Alice Cooper on growing up in Detroit with Soupy

Alice Cooper passed on his thoughts on Soupy Sales' passing via his publicist Bob Merlis.

"Being from Detroit, I came home every day and watched Soupy at lunch. One of the greatest moments of my life was getting piefaced by Soupy. He was one of my all time heros."

Here's a clip of Alice appearing on Soupy's show in 1979.

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Mon. 10/26/09 09:38 AM

Soupy Sales Clips

Susan, you just made my day! The Alice Cooper clip still has left a smile. It's priceless. And the Clifford Brown clip is indeed a rarity that rekindles long faded memories of the other side of Soupy. Thanks very much. The book "Grand River and Joy" by Susan Messer which was featured on an earlier posting sounds interesting as well.

mrarty1, Detroit, MI

It's the bug playing the piano that gets me...--Susan Whitall

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Susan Whitall writes about music, books, pop culture, radio and more for The Detroit News. You can reach her at swhitall@detnews.com.

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