В Астории пять поколений клоунов устроили финальную процессию для сестры Джеффа Дейли, которую он не успел познакомить с родным городом

In One Ear: A buncha clowns Published 6:00 am Thursday, August 13, 2026 “This was a Saturday night news story on KGW,” Jeff Daly wrote in an email. “I had no idea this was going to be on, I thought they would show a few parade shots.” The video was so much more. “This year, the Grand Marshal is someone whose story is woven into Astoria’s own history, Jeff Daly,” the KGW announcer said. “He rode just ahead of a restored clown car. That’s the same model that his father, Jack Daly, once drove as part of the original Astoria Clowns, a tradition that started all the way back in the 1950s. “The car carried the ashes of his father and his sister, Molly, who was institutionalized by his parents when Jeff was young. They were able to reconnect before she died in 2014. “A final ride through the town she and her father loved, and the parade that defined their family’s happiest memories.” “She never saw a regatta parade,” Jeff said in the video. “Never had any idea what a regatta parade was. She had no idea what family was. So today, we’ve got the whole clown family together, and we’re gonna give her — a ride.'” “What a great turnout for the parade,” Jeff recalled. “Five generations of families celebrating our fathers’ adventures — a buncha clowns.” (Screenshot: KGW)