PALM SPRINGS, Calif. - Elmer "Len" Dresslar, Jr., who extolled generations of TV watchers to eat their vegetables as the booming voice of the Jolly Green Giant, died Oct. 16. He was 80.
The cause was cancer.
Dresslar was an entertainer and singer for nearly six decades. But his voice rang through millions of households when he sang the simple refrain, "Ho, Ho, Ho," in an ad jingle for Green Giant foods.
"His was the most consistent and most frequent voice of the Jolly Green Giant over the years, the one consumers are going to recognize," said Tara Johnson, a spokeswoman for General Mills, which owns Green Giant Co.
I think I'll cook some green beans tonight in his memory.
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