Don Featherstone
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Oct 16, 2026
Luke BurbankHOST
Okay, headline number one.
Luke BurbankHOST
Don Featherstone, blank, dies at 79.
Luke BurbankHOST
Don Featherstone.
Luke BurbankHOST
Was it Don Featherstone, designer of the flamingo-shaped pool float, dies at 79.
Luke BurbankHOST
Was it Don Featherstone, inventor of the pink plastic flamingo, dies at age 79.
Luke BurbankHOST
Or Don Featherstone, the Flamingo Hotel's official flamingo wrangler, dies at age 79.
Sam RobertsGUEST
I'd say the inventor of the pink flamingo.
Luke BurbankHOST
I would say you're exactly right.
speaker_6NARRATOR
Anxious to milk the subject for more details, but worried about following in the footsteps of another news organization, I hurriedly flew to Massachusetts to confer with Mr.
speaker_6NARRATOR
Don Featherstone, artistic father to hundreds of plastic lawn ornaments and creator, 39 years ago, of the immortal pink flamingo.
Don FeatherstoneSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
In your yard, you put out bushes, you put out flowers.
Don FeatherstoneSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
Why not a artificial animal, such as a duck or a flamingo?
speaker_6NARRATOR
Or a chipmunk, or a rabbit, or a bear, or a mouse, or if you're into seasonal yard decor, a Thanksgiving pilgrim woman, all made from Don Featherstone's clay molds, then mass-produced at the Union Products factory in Leominster, Massachusetts.
speaker_6NARRATOR
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JayHOST
Was that soda?
MattHOST
All right, Jay.
CobbGUEST
which I spent human money on to get.
Cesar PuechmarinHOST
Yeah, so basically these lawn ornaments were like a huge craze in the 50s and 60s, and they were invented by one Donald Featherstone, which I thought was great.
Cesar PuechmarinHOST
On brand? Yeah.
Cesar PuechmarinHOST
I read this quote.
Cesar PuechmarinHOST
And he was like, I couldn't find a flamingo anywhere, so I had to get the magazine, which is so funny.
Cesar PuechmarinHOST
Yes.
Cesar PuechmarinHOST
The one more thing about the late, great Featherstone, Donald Featherstone, is that, and this has nothing to do with flamingos, but I just think it's a good fact, that he and his wife, Nancy, dressed alike for 35 years, just wore the same thing.
Cesar PuechmarinHOST
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