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Sid Krofft, creator of TV's trippiest kids shows, has died

Kids' television creator Sid Krofft, who along with his brother Marty created some of the most memorable and weirdest children's programming of the late 1960s, '70s and early '80s, has died at age 96.

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Chloe Veltman
Chloe Veltman is a correspondent on NPR's Culture Desk.
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