Kenneth Keith Kallenbach, RIP
Jonathan Rowe on Apr 25th 2008
My buddy Jay informs me that Kenneth Keith Kallenbach has died at 39.
A member of Stern’s “Wack Pack”, he was like a real life Beavis and Butthead, and is interesting only to folks who are amused by the modern-day “carnival” like atmosphere of the Stern show. Here is the first time Kallenbach was on the Stern show.
Libertarians might be familiar with Kallenbach. While Stern ran for governor of New York under the Libertarian Party ticket, Kallenbach seconded Stern’s nomination at the convention after Fred the Elephant Boy. As Nick Gillespie recounted the event:
Kallenbach seemed less interested in the nominating process per se than in sharing personal thoughts with the crowd. After nominating Stern, he produced a large rubber phallus and repeatedly asked the incredulous audience, “Hey, who wants to see my dildo, who wants to see my dildo?”
May he rest in peace.
Filed in The Basement
Sad news, indeed. I was a big fan of Stern’s show and listened for over 10 years when he was on FM. However, I became more of an O&A/Ron and Fez guy, and so went the way of XM when Stern went to Sirius.
I had forgotten about him and didn’t realize he was in jail. As far as death-related Stern Show news, I keep expecting to read something about Artie Lang. I know he’s gone through some really tough stuff with drug addiction and alcoholism, so I hope he’s doing a lot better. I think he’s a funny guy, so I hope he’s doing OK.
Sad news about Kallenbach. 39 is way too young.