`Wolfman dead at 67

<p>A memorial service will be held tomorrow for the man known as Wolfman to Atlanta television audiences.</p><p>Doyle Rodgers died Wednesday at WellStar Cobb Hospital. He was 67.</p><p>His daughter -- Donna Anderson -- says Rodgers never quite recovered from a heart attack he suffered two weeks ago at his home in Smyrna.</p><p>Rodgers bought the Gallery Furniture store in his 40s. An advertising representative said the shaggy, full-bearded furniture sales man looked like the Wolfman. Rodgers ran with the idea.</p><p>For 26 years, T-V viewers saw Rodgers bare-bones spots for his stores in College Park and Gainesville. The ads ran as many as 20 times a day. Each ad ended with the catch phrase, And, hey, ask for the Wolfman.</p><p>Anderson -- who started appearing in the ads as a teenager 21 years ago -- said 90 percent of the time customers did ask for the Wolfman.</p><p>Rodgers also is survived by his wife, Betty; three other children, Steve Rodgers, Jeff Rodgers and Nancy Smith, all involved in the family business, and five grandchildren.</p><p>The memorial service will be at 11 a.m. at Sharon Baptist Church. His body was cremated.</p>

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