Gary Widmer · Nov 11, 2004 11:45 AM
#0 sourceI don't usually pass on sad news like this, but sometimes we need to pause and remember what life is all about. There was a great loss recently. Larry LaPrice, the Detroit native who wrote the song "Hokey Pokey," died last week at the age of 83. It was extremely difficult for the family to keep him in the casket. They'd put his left leg in and... well, you know the rest.