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Harold von Braunhut was born in Memphis, Tennessee on 31 March 1926 . Von Braunhut grew up in New York City and resided there until the 1980s when he moved to Maryland . Von Braunhut used Comic Book Advertisement s to sell an assortment of quirky products. Braunhut held 195 Patent s for various products, many of which became Cultural Icon s. Some of his products included:
Von Braunhut was a manager of a man whose act consisted of diving 40 feet into a children's wading pool with only 12 inches of water. Von Braunhut raced Motorcycle s as The Green Hornet . Von Braunhut subscribed to extreme right-wing beliefs. According to a report the Anti-Defamation League published in 1996, he was a member of the Ku Klux Klan and the Aryan Nations . The '' Washington Post '' printed a story on von Braunhut's political beliefs in 1998 , which included his support of Richard Butler , but von Braunhut refused to comment. Relatives told the newspaper that Von Braunhut was Jew ish. Von Braunhut repeatedly declined to answer later questions about his racial beliefs or his religious background from journalists. Von Braunhut also set up a Wildlife Conservation Area after he moved to Maryland. He was first married to Charlotte Braunhut of New York. His second marriage was to actress Yolanda Signorelli, who took an active role in the marketing of Sea Monkeys. In addition to his brother Gene, von Braunhut had a son, Jonathan, and a daughter, Jeanette LaMothe. Harold von Braunhut died on 28 November 2003 at his home in Indian Head, Maryland following an accidental fall. ''Adapted from the article Harold von Braunhut from Wikinfo , December 22 , 2003 , licensed under the GNU Free Documentation License .'' |
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