{"id":131289,"date":"2016-08-17T05:35:30","date_gmt":"2016-08-17T05:35:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2016\/08\/17\/a-new-yorker-send-off-for-kenny-baker.html"},"modified":"2016-08-17T05:35:30","modified_gmt":"2016-08-17T05:35:30","slug":"a-new-yorker-send-off-for-kenny-baker","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2016\/08\/17\/a-new-yorker-send-off-for-kenny-baker.html","title":{"rendered":"A New Yorker send-off for Kenny Baker"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>RIP to the guy who rode around in R2D2.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"sm2wp\"><p>\n<a style='display:inline;' href='http:\/\/www.popsci.com\/new-yorker-sent-star-wars-actor-kenny-baker-off-right'><br \/>\n<img src='https:\/\/lh3.googleusercontent.com\/proxy\/lUbO_hJ2OV1mS0cVhwH5xEg33IRmP6sv87pCSIuKNFGhbRHHdr3_GEcF12-gF_a9xnA0e7apPenvS1PUHHZEKxtHqnZV76U6uFVh1Ii-tqZgT9jp--B0WVEGfNteeEunIyKsB6hF_x_YiNVfIrgnBNiwK2XTTMJtKTBwlcKS4NSkcXZjq3sUjle-UrNb9LDK9QLy2z0wTUtXwo5rq1SmP2j8PLNYvEu4=w506-h910' border='0' style='max-width:650px;'\/><br \/>\n<\/a><br \/>\n<span style='font-size:large;'><a href='http:\/\/www.popsci.com\/new-yorker-sent-star-wars-actor-kenny-baker-off-right'>The New Yorker Sent Star Wars Actor Kenny Baker Off Right<\/a><\/span><br \/>\nCartoon remembers the R2-D2 actor, hits us where it hurts\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><span style='font-size:small;'><a href='https:\/\/plus.google.com\/+DaveHill47\/posts\/jn52AtU73ao'>View on Google+<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>RIP to the guy who rode around in R2D2. 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