caption death_date death_place birth_name birth_place years_active imagesize nationality birth_date image article_title name occupation death_cause
wayland '' flowers and madame from '' madame 's place 11 october 1988 dawson , georgia wayland parrott flowers , jr. dawson , georgia 1960 -- 1988 225px american 26 november 1939 wayland flowers and madame.jpg wayland flowers
 wayland flowers actor , comedian , and puppeteer aids-related cancer
wayland flowers

wayland parrott flowers , jr. -lrb- november 26 , 1939 -- october 11 , 1988 -rrb- was an american puppeteer .
he was born and raised in dawson , georgia .
flowers was best known for the puppet act he created with his puppet madame .
his performances as `` wayland flowers and madame '' were a major national success on stage and on screen in the 1970s and 1980s .
