AFTER SPECTACULAR RISE, NOTED DOUGH PERSON HAS FALLEN

      Veteran Pillsbury spokesman Pop N. Fresh, 71, died Wednesday of 
a severe yeast infection, complicated by obesity and hot air retention.
      He was cremated, (of course), and his remains were sealed in a
greased loaf pan shaped urn and buried Friday in the Manna Memorial Gardens, 
near Bakersfield, California.
      Dozens of celebrities attended his funeral, including his 
longtime friends, Mrs. Butterworth, the California Raisins, Hungry Jack, and 
Betty Crocker.  Little Debbie, who was rumored to be Fresh's most recent
favorite "snack," sat in the back of the chapel, as did another purported
paramour,Sara Lee.
      The graveside was piled high with flours as his godmother, 
Aunt Jemima, delivered the eulogy.  With her tears flowing like syrup, she 
said, "Pop N. never knew he was kneaded, but he always held a warm place in 
all our hearts.
      Who else could have spent his whole life naked, with the exception 
of wearing that cute little baker's hat, and still been so accepted by 
so many?"
      Fresh rose quickly in show business, and although his later 
life was filled with turnovers, he refused to be flattened by fate.  He was 
not considered a smart cookie, and wasted much of his dough on half-
baked schemes.  Still, even as a crusty old biscuit, he was a roll model 
to millions.
      Fresh was preceded in death by two wives, Sugar (who succumbed 
to diabetes in 1953) and Butterball (who died tragically in a fire in 
1962) and is survived by his third wife, Honey.  They had two children,
Peanut and Chip, and one in the oven.
       Memorials may be made to the Pillsbury chapter of the 
Doughboy Anti-defamation League.