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ICYMI: Should Babylon Village Erect A Rodney Dangerfield Statue?
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In case you missed it, here's a story that appeared last week in the Babylon Patch:
BABYLON, NY — Move over, Robert Moses: Another famous Babylon Village resident might be immortalized in sculpture form soon.
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A Bay Shore resident has launched a petition for a Rodney Dangerfield statue to be erected in Argyle Park.
The comedian famed for not getting any "respect" was born in Babylon Village in 1921 before moving to Queens as a child.
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The petition's founder, Dave Irwin, told Newsday that he found Dangerfield's exact birth place, a home that's since been torn down near Ralph Ave. The petition has garnered 1,936 signatures as of Tuesday.
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