Actor Edd Byrnes, who became a teen idol through his role as the perpetually hair-combing character Gerald Lloyd "Kookie" Kookson III on the TV series
77 Sunset Strip, and who served as the inspiration for the spin-off song "Kookie, Kookie, Lend Me Your Comb" by Connie Stevens, has passed away at age 87.
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The song also inspired a Halloween-themed spin-off by Spike Jones, "Spooky, Spooky, Lend Me Your Tomb".