# Wes Waas, Mr. Softee jingle writer and President of the Procrastinator's Club dies....at age 94

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**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [April 29, 2016, 6:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wes-waas-mr-softee-jingle-writer-and-president-of-the-procrastinators-club-dies-at-age-94/753439 "2016-04-29T18:26:14Z")\
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**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\
**Post date:** [April 29, 2016, 6:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wes-waas-mr-softee-jingle-writer-and-president-of-the-procrastinators-club-dies-at-age-94/753439/1 "2016-04-29T18:26:14Z")

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[Story here](http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2016/04/29/business/les-waas-famed-mister-softee-jingle-procrastinators-club-dies-94/#.VyOmTiz2Y5s)

Sometimes procrastination is a good thing.

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**Author:** ![Voyager](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/voyager/32/133_2.png) [@Voyager](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Voyager)\
**Post date:** [April 30, 2016, 10:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wes-waas-mr-softee-jingle-writer-and-president-of-the-procrastinators-club-dies-at-age-94/753439/2 "2016-04-30T22:08:41Z")

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Seeing that obit in the Times is yet another reason paying big bucks for home delivery is worth it. Plus getting all the words to the jingle. I was a Mr. Softee fan growing up, but the speakers in the trucks were never good enough for me to understand more than the first few lines.

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**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\
**Post date:** [April 30, 2016, 10:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wes-waas-mr-softee-jingle-writer-and-president-of-the-procrastinators-club-dies-at-age-94/753439/3 "2016-04-30T22:30:18Z")

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Took him long enough! What was he waiting for?

😉