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Joseph Boskin, Scholar of Humor and April Fool’s Prankster, Dies at 95

To oblige an eager reporter, he invented a story about the holiday’s origin. He didn’t realize it would turn out to be his “Andy Warhol moment.”

Michael S. Rosenwald
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Comedy and Humor, Deaths (Obituaries), History (Academic Subject), Hoaxes and Pranks
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