Monday, March 18, 2019

JACKIE LECLAIRE



3 comments:

Chic Silber said...


We've lost a dear friend overnight Friday the 15th

Jackie LeClaire would have turned 92 on May 11th

He spent the last couple of months in the nursing

care unit of Bay Village which is a multi level

retirement complex where Jackie lived many years

Kenny Dodd was 1 of the last close friends to see

him on Friday merely hours before he slipped away

Jackie was 1 of the last surviving performers in

"The Greatest Show on Earth" feature film

Chic Silber said...


In my estimation The Greatest Show on Earth

never looked more authentic than it did in

this "Old Garden" (actually MSG number 3)

I'm very grateful to have worked frontlight

in this long lost gem of a crusty building

Roger Smith said...

The lonely, pensive clown, against the backdrop of the quiet, mighty circus. This is my favorite shot of Jackie. It's good to know his long life was so admired, and as Kenny Dodd told me last night, so loved by everyone. His peaceful departure was a blessing to put him on the arrows to the Big Lot.