The performer best known as Ded Bob, who performed for decades at the Michigan Renaissance Festival, has passed away.
Paul Orwick confirmed on Thursday his brother’s death to WDET but wasn’t immediately available to provide further details.
A post on the Ded Bob Facebook page said Orwick had been recovering from a heart attack for the past six weeks at an intensive care unit.
From the website of Ded Bob
A young Clark Orwick (right) with Ded Bob (left).
Orwick was the voice and personality behind the smart-mouthed skeleton puppet named Ded Bob, which Orwick operated while dressed as a masked character named Smuj.