Jerome (the Giraffe, but also a Beare)

Canadian radio personality and puppeteer (and so much more), Rod Coneybeare has passed on. He was a stalwart of the music-centeric The Friendly Giant CBC Canadian tv program for decades and I always tuned if as much for his wonderful voice as for the equally wonderful music.

(He's the bloke with the beard and hand up the rooster)

His son wrote a nice tribute to his father recently here: http://www.wilsonconeybeare.com/2019/09/rod-coneybeare-1930-2019-ourfather-rod.html

Also, the CBC website shares a trove of memories (including video and audio): https://www.cbc.ca/news/entertainment/obit-coneybeare-cbc-friendly-giant-1.5275900

Another site (with the above photo) is: https://kawarthanow.com/2019/09/09/friendly-giant-puppeteer-rod-coneybeare-passes-away-in-lindsay-at-89/