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Howard Stern\'s Hank the Dwarf Dies
« on: September 05, 2001, 11:05:03 AM »
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Howard Stern\'s Hank the Dwarf Dies
by Marcus Errico
Sep 4, 2001, 4:25 PM PT

Hank the Angry, Drunken Dwarf is dead.

The 4-foot-1 Howard Stern sidekick, known for being, well, drunk and angry, died Tuesday at the age of 39. The cause of death was not immediately disclosed.

As a tribute to his fallen buddy, Stern sang his own rendition of "Candle in the Wind" during his radio show Wednesday.

Born Henry Nasiff, the diminutive performer got his break in 1996, when he and a friend from Boston dinner theater (yes, Hank was in dinner theater) drove to New York City and decided to try to get on the Stern show. Hank\'s vigil at New York\'s K-Rock studios began at about 5:30 a.m., and the Stern crew quickly took notice.

As Doug Z. Goodstein, Hank\'s manager and the producer of Stern\'s E! TV show, once recounted to E! Online, "There was just a compelling feature of a drunk, belligerent midget." (As Hank was fond of yelling, "I\'m not a midget, I\'m a dwarf, you a--hole.)"

He soon become a recurring member of Stern\'s so-called "Wack Pack," joining the likes of Crackhead Bob and the Elephant Boy in Howard\'s pantheon of oddballs.

Hank appeared more than two dozen times on the Stern show, most notably outfitted in a pink bunny suit and always sounding off in his inimitable way.

He parlayed his fame into a Website, http://www.hankthedwarf.com (where fans could snap up official "Hank Says: Don\'t Drive & Drink" key chains), and a side career entertaining at parties (for a fee, he\'d karaoke, lapdance, bartend or hurl insults at guests).

Hank hit his pop-culture high point in 1998, when, thanks to a grassroots campaign by Stern faithful, he was named the Most Beautiful Person in the World per a 1998 People online poll.
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« Reply #1 on: September 05, 2001, 12:09:51 PM »
That sucks. I was listening to the show this morning. I was waiting for Doug to break down and cry. Howard didn\'t seem to care at all. That kinda sucks.

Well as long as Beetlejuice is fine I think I\'ll be ok. :D
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« Reply #2 on: September 05, 2001, 01:07:23 PM »
Damn, that\'s kinda messed up, though I\'m not going to pretend to care. Like Gohan said, as long as Beetlejuice is still there. ;) I really didn\'t care to listen to Hank. Beetlejuice and Crackhead Bob arguments are always the best. :D

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« Reply #3 on: September 05, 2001, 01:48:59 PM »
First Alyah now this.  

Actually I heard it this morning as well.  Howard did seem to take it a little light.  

Joe Roegan was a trip though.  That CBS guy is a dweeb.  They were on yelling at each other about a month ago as well.
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« Reply #4 on: September 05, 2001, 03:19:48 PM »
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Joe Roegan was a trip though.  That CBS guy is a dweeb.  They were on yelling at each other about a month ago as well.
Yeah, What the hell is wrong with that guy? He is a CBS Fanboy if I ever saw one.
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« Reply #5 on: September 05, 2001, 04:02:05 PM »
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Well as long as Beetlejuice is fine I think I\'ll be ok. :D


yeah dude i hear ya. that guy rules. i swear i wanna hang out with him.


im not too surprised about hank though. seems like he didnt live a very healthy lifestyle ya know?
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« Reply #6 on: September 05, 2001, 07:02:21 PM »
yea all you need is gary the retard and bettle juice - after that its all good

yea i think bettlejuice is my fav because well look at him and the way he doesnt care about anything - its just funny

too bad about hank though
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« Reply #7 on: September 05, 2001, 07:22:03 PM »
That poor man, i wonder if he at least died with dignity,
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« Reply #8 on: September 06, 2001, 03:35:40 AM »
Too bad it wasn\'t Howard the Homo instead.
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« Reply #9 on: September 06, 2001, 03:44:31 PM »
I saw him once on Son Of The Beach.  He was weird yet funny.  
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Didn\'t live a healthy life.....
In that one episode he really didn\'t look all that great.:confused:
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« Reply #10 on: September 06, 2001, 04:59:29 PM »
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That poor man, i wonder if he at least died with dignity,


Are you saying he lived with dignity?
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« Reply #11 on: September 07, 2001, 10:22:31 AM »
me?


Weird thing is, a couple of months ago I was like "How the hell does he (Hank) stay alive.  He probably gonna die soon".  Weird...
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« Reply #12 on: September 07, 2001, 12:24:43 PM »
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me?





Ahh my eyes! :eek:  Damn you ugly. :D
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