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Gong Show Panelist Jaye P. Morgan Dies at 94
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Gong Show Panelist Jaye P. Morgan Dies at 94
Jaye P. Morgan, the singer and risqué Gong Show panelist, died on Aug. 24 at age 94. A vaudeville and TV staple, she was famed for her brash double-entendres on Chuck Barris’s 1970s show and later appeared in The Gong Show Movie as well as George Clooney’s Confessions of a Dangerous Mind; she is survived by her son Paul.
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