Ed Roth and George Barris are both my idols. Ed Roth died Wednesday, April 4, 2001, at his studio in Manti, Utah. He was 69. I would have loved to meet him, at least I did meet and talk to George Barris at the Detroit Autorama in 2003.

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George Barris

Ed Roth

Photos by Richard A. Wright
"Big Daddy" Ed Roth and the Druid Princess he created in the '60s for the Addams Family television show appeared at the Detroit Autorama at Cobo Center in February, 2000.