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We don't know why Howard Stern sidekick Fred
Norris decided to change the name lovingly given to him by his
Latvian-born parents Henry and Valija Nukis. We think "Fred Leo
Nukis" sounds just swell. Here's Fred's 1993 petition, filed in Civil
Court in New York City, to "discard" his former name and replace it
with his on-air handle. (Note: As part of the legal process, Fred had
to place a small newspaper ad formally announcing his name change. But
Stern fans could be excused for missing the legal notice, which Fred
placed in the Amsterdam News, a Harlem-based black newspaper.) As a
bonus, we've also included documentary proof that, contrary to Stern's
repeated assertions, Fred was not hatched on Mars. | |