Flip Reade

Flip was an incredible actor, musician, mime, contortionist, athlete, and kind and gentle human being, who inspired a generation of kids, many of who grew up to be in the music and film industry, through his camp leadership at Meadow Oaks Camp in Calabasas, CA. throughout the 70s, while we all watched with pride his performances on Barney Miller and The Gong Show. His tragic death while drowning while scuba diving in '79 was a great shock to many.