# Death of a songwriter

**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/death-of-a-songwriter/350749
**Category:** Cafe Society
**Created:** [March 31, 2006, 8:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/death-of-a-songwriter/350749 "2006-03-31T20:32:32Z")
**Posts on this page:** 5
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### Author: ![Clothahump](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/51bf81/32.png) [@Clothahump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Clothahump)
#### Post date: [March 31, 2006, 8:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/death-of-a-songwriter/350749/1 "2006-03-31T20:32:32Z")

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With all the sadness and trauma going on in the world at the moment, it is worth reflecting on the death of a very important person, which almost went unnoticed last week.

Larry LaPrise, the man who wrote “The Hokey Pokey” died peacefully at the age of 93. The most traumatic part for his family was getting him into the coffin. They put his left leg in. And then the trouble started.

Oh, shut up. You know it’s funny. 😃

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### Author: ![h.sapiens](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e0b2c6/32.png) [@h.sapiens](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/h.sapiens)
#### Post date: [March 31, 2006, 8:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/death-of-a-songwriter/350749/2 "2006-03-31T20:45:32Z")

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That’s what it’s all about.

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### Author: ![Malacandra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Malacandra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malacandra)
#### Post date: [March 31, 2006, 10:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/death-of-a-songwriter/350749/3 "2006-03-31T22:37:56Z")

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> [@Clothahump](#):
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> With all the sadness and trauma going on in the world at the moment, it is worth reflecting on the death of a very important person, which almost went unnoticed last week.
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> Larry LaPrise, the man who wrote “The Hokey Pokey” died peacefully at the age of 93. The most traumatic part for his family was getting him into the coffin. They put his left leg in. And then the trouble started.
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> Oh, shut up. You know it’s funny. 😃

It was funnier in the original Proto-Indo-European. :rolleyes:

😃

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### Author: ![Sir\_Rhosis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d9b06d/32.png) [@Sir\_Rhosis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sir_Rhosis)
#### Post date: [March 31, 2006, 10:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/death-of-a-songwriter/350749/4 "2006-03-31T22:47:28Z")

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I’m sure I saw something on the news about his death… a few years back.

Sir Rhosis

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### Author: ![mobo85](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b19c9b/32.png) [@mobo85](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mobo85)
#### Post date: [March 31, 2006, 11:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/death-of-a-songwriter/350749/5 "2006-03-31T23:45:37Z")

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Larry LaPrise died in 1996. Sadly, this joke hasn’t.