Today’s obituaries: Michael Lattif was once Syracuse’s ‘Bozo the Clown’ on TV
Updated Feb 19, 2021;
Posted Feb 19, 2021
Michael Lattif played Bozo the Clown for a TV station show in Syracuse in the early 1970s. Lattif, 74, died Sunday.Provided photo
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Michael “Mike” Lattif, 74, of Old Tappan, N.J. and formerly of Syracuse, died Sunday after a long illness.
Born and raised in Syracuse, he graduated from Syracuse University in 1970 with a bachelor’s degree from the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications.
He worked as a news photographer for WNYS (now WSYR-TV) in his early career, and got an opportunity to play the franchised role of “Bozo the Clown” for the local TV station in the early 1970s.