article_snippet.sent: (The Hollywood Reporter)Stan Freberg, whose freewheeling comic career in advertising garnered Stan Freberg worldwide acclaim and whose satirical entertainments abounded on TV, the radio and on records, has died.
article_snippet.sent: Stan Freberg died of natural causes at a Santa Monica hospital, Stan Freberg son and daughter, Donavan and Donna Freberg, confirmed to The Hollywood Reporter.
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article_snippet.sent: Stan Freberg also was known for Stan Freberg musical parodies.
article_snippet.sent: Wun'erful Wun'erful," Stan Freberg 1957 spoof of "champagne music" — on which Stan Freberg collaborated with orchestra leader Billy May — lampooned "The Lawrence Welk Show.
article_snippet.sent: Stan Freberg also parodied Johnnie Ray's hit "Cry," which Stan Freberg rendered as "Try.
article_snippet.sent: " (Johnnie Ray's was quite angry until Stan Freberg realized Stan Freberg was fueling sales of Stan Freberg record.)
article_snippet.sent: The Los Angeles native had hit records of Stan Freberg own, including "St. George and the Dragonet," a 1953 send-up of the series "Dragnet.
article_snippet.sent: Stan Freberg recordings were so popular that Stan Freberg landed Stan Freberg own radio program in 1954,
article_snippet.sent: Stan Freberg won a Grammy Award in 1959 for best performance, documentary or spoken word for "The Best of the Stan Freberg Shows.
article_snippet.sent: Stan Freberg droll, off-the-wall humor appealed to fans including Albert Einstein.
article_snippet.sent: Not surprisingly, Stan Freberg ruffled institutional feathers.
article_snippet.sent: Capitol Records balked at releasing Stan Freberg satires of radio-TV personality Arthur Godfrey and Ed Sullivan's variety show "Toast of the Town."
article_snippet.sent: Stan Freberg disdained the hard sell.
article_snippet.sent: Freberg, whose inspirations were Jack Benny, Fred Allen and Norman Corwin, worked in cartoons for decades, starting in the 1940s.
article_snippet.sent: Stan Freberg teamed often at Warner Bros. with the great Mel Blanc.
article_snippet.sent: Survivors also include Stan Freberg wife, Hunter, and a granddaughter.
highlights_snippet.sent: Stan Freberg was famed comedian, song parodist .
  