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Yonkers to mourn Macy's parade clown

Robert Blasetti, 67, and his wife, Irene, 62,

Photo credit: AP | Robert Blasetti, 67, and his wife, Irene, 62, are shown in this undated photo. Robert Blasetti died Thursday from a heart attack suffered during the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade.

The funeral for the Yonkers native who died of a heart attack while marching along the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade will be held next Saturday at Immaculate Conception St. Mary's Parish in Yonkers.

Robert Blasetti, 67, and his wife, Irene, 62, had been dressed as clowns and were entertaining children along Sixth Avenue near 39th Street in Manhattan on Thursday during the annual festivities...

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