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- ↑ "'Creature Features' Host Bob Wilkins Dies". www.ktvu.com. Archived from the original on 2013-10-05. Retrieved 2013-05-27.
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- ↑ Shock It To Me! Golden Ghouls of the Golden Gate, page 67 (Monahan, Michael and Huber, Lon; UHF Nocturne, 2011)