Remembering Ron ‘The Ghoul’ Sweed
Ron Sweed, who rose to local TV fame in the 1970s with his late-night character “The Ghoul,” has died. He was 70 years old.
Sweed’s former wife, Barbara King, announced Sweed’s death Tuesday night.
https://www.facebook.com/barbara.j.king.338/posts/10218678377047794
Sweed broke into Cleveland TV in 1971 on WKBF Channel 61 and quickly made his way to our T.V’s in Detroit.
He got his start working as an assistant for another late-night TV legend, Ernie “Ghoulardi” Anderson. He received Anderson’s permission to appear as the Ghoul in 1971.
Let’s take a look back at some memorable moments from the Ghoul..
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WAVzZ-vkgik
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