Kramer Dixon, the legendary entertainer of the Dixon household, died on Tuesday in Tulsa, Oklahoma. He was 7.
Dixon had been battling a mysterious illness the week and a half leading up to his death. An operation was performed Tuesday afternoon, where a 1.5 inch piece of plastic, possibly from one of his toys, was removed from his stomach. Preliminary reports indicate Dixon suffered a fatal heart attack shortly after waking up from the surgery. A full investigation is under way.
Kramer’s entertainment career began in 1999. He amused and shocked patrons of the Dixon house with his infamous “ball trick,” where he would greet a visitor with a wagging tail, only to roll over on his back and expose his testicles for the guest to see. Said one observer with a laugh, “All I could see was this shadow and two shiny balls.”
Kramer gained notoriety in his later years for his enthusiasm in getting sprayed with a garden hose with the thumb over it by the Dixon brothers and their jackass friends over the summers at Lake Dixon, located in the backyard of the Dixon house.
It was this act that led to Kramer’s eventual love for landscaping. When people would spray the hose with their thumb over it at the ground, Kramer was known to bite the ground and pull out several square inches of sod and shake it. “It’s actually good for the yard,” said Anne Dixon with a slight hint of sarcasm in a 2003 interview.
Anne, adopted mother of Kramer and owner of the Dixon house, went on to say that Kramer’s technique actually helped her get rid of pesky, tough-to-control weeds in the yard.
“He never failed to make people laugh,” said brother and fellow comedian Doug Dixon. “Whenever he was performing in front of people, you could tell that’s what he was meant to do. He was my inspiration. As far as I’m concerned, it’s Carlin, Pryor, and Kramer.”
Even up to the end, Kramer remained true to his craft. “He was so weak but he was still wagging his tail,” said Steve Dixon, Kramer’s brother and personal trainer.
Along with his celebrity status as the resident Dixon household comic, Kramer was also responsible for the house’s security. “He would sort of wag his tail and, I don’t know, smile at anyone who came to the front door,” said Doug Dixon. “It was all psychological. If you’re a burglar and you go up to a house and there’s this friendly dog wagging his tail at you instead of barking and alerting the entire neighborhood like any other normal dog would do, you know there’s some bad (stuff) going on inside that house. Better move on to the next one. The dog was a genius.”
A memorial is planned at Brookside Bar in Tulsa on Friday, March 2 at 9 PM.
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