Leo Gorcey: Bobby Jordan's Funeral

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The somber event of Bobby Jordan's funeral in 1965 is the unlikely setting for Leo Gorcey's bemused recollection of East Side Kid Ernie "Sunshine Sammy" Morrison. Ernie (erroneously referred to as "Leo" Sunshine Sammy Morrison in this interview) had departed the series after being drafted in World War II, and declined an offer to sign on later with the Bowery Boys because, in his words, he "didn't like the set-up." (One can only assume that he was referring to the diminishing roles of series ...