Houston will celebrate the first Emmett Kelly Sr. Day in Missouri on April 25, 2026. The Missouri General Assembly passed legislation to create the recognition, and Gov. Mike Kehoe signed it into law.

Robert Emmett "Bob" Kelly, 78, of Los Alamos, N.M., died peacefully Monday, Aug. 25, 2008, with family by his side. Bob was born Nov. 26, 1929, in Cape Girardeau, to Robert Emmett and Gladys Faye ...