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Article: Rat Fink Reunion

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May 6, 2005
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The annual "Big Daddy" Roth's Rat Fink Reunion will be held in Manti, next Thursday through May 14, in honor of artist/car designer Ed Roth.

Roth was famous for designing and building hot rod cars and for creating the cartoon characters Beatnik Bandit and Rat Fink. He moved to Manti from California in 1987 and died there in 2001 at the age of 69.

The reunion will be held in the Manti museum created by Roth's widow Ilene, at 404 E. 300 North, from ...

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