A public memorial will be held this Saturday for Seattle’s legendary clown performer Chris Wedes, also known as J.P. Patches, who passed away July 22. Northwest personality Pat Cashman, set to play ...

Hundreds of people packed McCaw Hall Saturday morning to celebrate and honor the life and legacy of J.P. Patches. For more than 50 years Chris Wedes, the man behind the red nose, spread laughter and ...

Alan Smith of Enumclaw drove down to Centralia on Saturday to take delivery of the newest addition to his collection of treasures: an old peanut butter jar for which he paid $204.28 on eBay. But this ...

A public celebration to honor the life and legacy of the beloved local celebrity clown, J.P. Patches will be held on Saturday, September 8th at McCaw Hall at the Seattle Center. The ceremony will be ...

More than two decades have passed since Chris Wedes filmed the last J.P. Patches show on KIRO/7. Though you wouldn't have known that Monday the way a city councilwoman dressed in a J.P. and Gertrude T ...