Francis Beverly Kelley

Over his lifetime, he published several pieces of writing, including the biography of the world's first sad clown, Emmet Kelly. ^[3] He published both books and magazine articles, notably in National Geographic. In addition to working with circuses, he worked with Broadway, doing advance work for multiple travelling shows. He worked as publicity director for the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis from 1942 to 1945. A most memorable pitchman stunt, he was hired to obtain several white circus horses and a calliope for President Harry S Truman's inauguration parade.

Kelley was born in Delaware, Ohio. He married Elizabeth Ruth Stevens on June 20th, 1930.^[1] In a 1980 interview, he said Fiddler on the Roof was his favorite musical.^[4]

He died of pneumonia on April 3, 1984, at the age of 78.^{[citation needed]}