New Name Gives Duda Wonderful Day
It’s the truth. It’s actual. Zippidy Duda is Gary’s new name, and he says it’s satisfactual.
Gary Eugene Duda, called Zippidy most of his life by friends and family after the tune “Zip-A-Dee-Doo-Dah” from Walt Disney’s “Song of the South,” won the right Thursday in DeKalb County Superior Court to officially change his middle name.
“I just think it’s wonderful it finally happened,” said Duda, 35, who had expected some objection from the Walt Disney Co.
Duda, a wholesale jeweler, said he thinks the name change will help business. After his brief court appearance, he handed out pens and business cards bearing the new name--G. Zippidy Duda.
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