TelevisionMusic Television in 1960's Baltimore meant just one name ... Buddy DeaneWhile Dick Clark gained national attention from Philadelphia with "American Bandstand," Buddy Deane was doing the same thing in Baltimore as that city's TV disc jockey. He was immortalized as the Corey Collins character in the John Waters movie, "Hairspray," and is still remembered as the after school escape for Baltimore teens.
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Buddy Deane died on Wednesday, July 16, 2003 near his home in Pine Bluff, Arkansas, from complications of a stroke a few days earlier. He has been immortalized in the character of Corny Collins, dance party empressario of the John Waters movie, and Tony Award winning musical, "Hairspray." |
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