World’s oldest clown dies at age 98
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FLOYD “Creeky” Creekmore, a former Montana rancher who was the world’s oldest performing clown, has died at the age of 98.
Creeky, who lived in Billings, turned to rubber noses and orange wigs in the 1980s, after retiring from his previous life ranching and building homes. He joined the Shriners, who hold circus performances to raise money for hospitals, and put in thousands of hours in entertaining sick and well children, said his son Dave Creekmore.
In 2012, Guinness World Records recognized the then-95-year-old as the world’s oldest performing clown. A stroke had knocked the juggling out of his act, but he still regularly donned the multicolored jacket and yellow hat to delight young and old.
He performed his last trick in July at a friend’s 90th birthday party. He told a woman to tie two scarves together and then — with a leering eye toward his audience — announced he would stuff the scarves down her blouse.
Two men grabbed an end of each scarf and pulled hard. A bra popped out, tied between the scarves, leaving the lady grasping at her blouse.
“You should have seen him. He came alive,” his son said.
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