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Saskatchewan gas jockey Dick Assman, of Letterman fame, dead at 82
A Saskatchewan gas jockey who got quite a bit more than 15 minutes of fame after appearing on David Letterman’s “The Late Show” because of his unusual last name has died. A posting on the website of Regina’s Speers Funeral Chapel says Dick Assman died Monday at the age of 82. In 1995, a Petro-Canada gas station owner placed an advertisement to let customers know that Assman — a German name properly pronounced OSS-man — had moved from one outlet to another.
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