Quirkily brilliant entertainer (born 1919) whose freewheeling sense of humor and sense of visual style made him one of the most distinctive personalities in the early days of television. He died in a 1962 auto crash while driving the notoriously “unsafe at any speed” Chevrolet Corvair. Business check, 7.75 x 2.75, filled out in another hand and signed by Kovacs, payable to Victoria Martin for $65.00, March 5, 1953. Usual ink and punch cancellations, and light vertical crease to first letter, otherwise fine condition. R&R COA.
