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Scenes / Game Shows / Requested "oldrebel/index.html", Sorry to inform you that don't already know that Sonny passed away at 95 years of age on Sunday, January 24th location.href = url; and so I said, 'well GUESS who i got a letter from!' Pixanne openWindow(url); "losthalftown.html", Just For FunLet's Have FunJ Fred Muggs Show Table of ContentsLatest UpdatesThe Coronavirus Outbreak ›Let Us Help You Better Understand the Coronavirus Sonny Fox, who as the host of the children’s television show “Wonderama” presided over a four-hour combination of fun and learning on Sunday mornings from 1959 to 1967, died on Jan. 24 in Encino, Calif.