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Article: LONE RANGER ENTHUSIAST DICK FUSS STILL GOING IT ALONE
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- Evansville Courier & Press (2007-Current)
- Article date:
- April 27, 2007
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The Lone Ranger had Tonto, his trusty sidekick played on TV by an
actual Mohawk Indian, Jay Silverheels.
Dick Fuss had Mary, the wife of 42 years he tragically lost in
2001 when she was prescribed the wrong medication.
They had no children, but Mary - who collected hundreds of coffee
cups and Pillsbury Doughboy figurines - understood her husband's
fascination with "Hi-Yo Silver!"
From their home northwest of Chicago, she would ride along to his
"shows," where he answered questions about the masked man and
displayed his memorabilia, from toys to comic books, costumes, rings,
clocks, even a coin bank, circa 1950, that shoots money into the back
of the Lone Ranger's horse.
"When Mary died, ...