SAN FRANCISCO — Joseph Pedott, an entrepreneur who was the mastermind behind the 1980s products Chia Pet and the Clapper light switch, died June 22. He was 91. Pedott died at a hospital in San ...

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One last clap for a business tycoon. Joseph Pedott — the marketing guru behind the Chia Pet plant sensation and its memorable TV jingle "ch-ch-ch-Chia!" — died on June 22 at the age of 91. Pedott is ...

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Joseph H. Clapper Jr., 93, Hopewell, passed away Thursday at Pennknoll Village in Everett. He was born in Hopewell Township, son of the late Joseph H. Sr. and Bertha (Creps) Clapper. On May 5, 1950, ...