“Cecil Carpenter and Alex were inseparable in life and so they will be in death. Cecil, the ventriloquist, and Alex, the little guy made of wood, were buried together last week in Richmond, Ind. Cecil and Alex, partners for ten years, played their last show June 30 at the National Ventriloquists Association’s convention in Fort Mitchell, Ky. After the performance, Cecil, 54, collapsed and died.
“The ventriloquist’s daughter…said she probably was the last dissenter when the family first talked about burying Alex with her father. She thought a museum would be the best place for Alex. 'Then I changed my mind,' she said. 'I got to thinking that without my dad, he’s nothing.'
“Cecil’s youngest son, said that Alex’s name always was included on family Christmas cards. 'I remember when we all went to California in 1981; We had to take stuff out of the car to make room for Alex,' he said. His daughter said that when her father’s work as a plumber took him out of town, Alex went, too.
“Cecil’s brother said that any time Cecil talked about himself, he always talked about Alex, too. 'They were a pair, like Lewis and Martin, Abbott and Costello,' he said.”
Source: “Ventriloquist, Dummy Buried,” The Milwaukee Sentinel, Jul 10, 1989, p. 24.
Bio info provided by Findagrave member Dan G. (retired ventriloquist
Thank you, Dan G. (Retired Ventriloquist)
“The ventriloquist’s daughter…said she probably was the last dissenter when the family first talked about burying Alex with her father. She thought a museum would be the best place for Alex. 'Then I changed my mind,' she said. 'I got to thinking that without my dad, he’s nothing.'
“Cecil’s youngest son, said that Alex’s name always was included on family Christmas cards. 'I remember when we all went to California in 1981; We had to take stuff out of the car to make room for Alex,' he said. His daughter said that when her father’s work as a plumber took him out of town, Alex went, too.
“Cecil’s brother said that any time Cecil talked about himself, he always talked about Alex, too. 'They were a pair, like Lewis and Martin, Abbott and Costello,' he said.”
Source: “Ventriloquist, Dummy Buried,” The Milwaukee Sentinel, Jul 10, 1989, p. 24.
Bio info provided by Findagrave member Dan G. (retired ventriloquist
Thank you, Dan G. (Retired Ventriloquist)
“Cecil Carpenter and Alex were inseparable in life and so they will be in death. Cecil, the ventriloquist, and Alex, the little guy made of wood, were buried together last week in Richmond, Ind. Cecil and Alex, partners for ten years, played their last show June 30 at the National Ventriloquists Association’s convention in Fort Mitchell, Ky. After the performance, Cecil, 54, collapsed and died.
“The ventriloquist’s daughter…said she probably was the last dissenter when the family first talked about burying Alex with her father. She thought a museum would be the best place for Alex. 'Then I changed my mind,' she said. 'I got to thinking that without my dad, he’s nothing.'
“Cecil’s youngest son, said that Alex’s name always was included on family Christmas cards. 'I remember when we all went to California in 1981; We had to take stuff out of the car to make room for Alex,' he said. His daughter said that when her father’s work as a plumber took him out of town, Alex went, too.
“Cecil’s brother said that any time Cecil talked about himself, he always talked about Alex, too. 'They were a pair, like Lewis and Martin, Abbott and Costello,' he said.”
Source: “Ventriloquist, Dummy Buried,” The Milwaukee Sentinel, Jul 10, 1989, p. 24.
Bio info provided by Findagrave member Dan G. (retired ventriloquist
Thank you, Dan G. (Retired Ventriloquist)
“The ventriloquist’s daughter…said she probably was the last dissenter when the family first talked about burying Alex with her father. She thought a museum would be the best place for Alex. 'Then I changed my mind,' she said. 'I got to thinking that without my dad, he’s nothing.'
“Cecil’s youngest son, said that Alex’s name always was included on family Christmas cards. 'I remember when we all went to California in 1981; We had to take stuff out of the car to make room for Alex,' he said. His daughter said that when her father’s work as a plumber took him out of town, Alex went, too.
“Cecil’s brother said that any time Cecil talked about himself, he always talked about Alex, too. 'They were a pair, like Lewis and Martin, Abbott and Costello,' he said.”
Source: “Ventriloquist, Dummy Buried,” The Milwaukee Sentinel, Jul 10, 1989, p. 24.
Bio info provided by Findagrave member Dan G. (retired ventriloquist
Thank you, Dan G. (Retired Ventriloquist)
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