Imposter’s itsy bitsy teenie weenie lie

THE man who co-wrote the song Itsy Bitsy Teenie Weenie Yellow Polka Dot Bikini had the unsettling experience this week of reading his own obituary — thanks to an impostor who went through life claiming to be the author of the 1960s smash hit.

On Wednesday, The Associated Press reported the death of a 68-year-old Paul Van Valkenburgh of Ormond Beach, Florida, who claimed to have written the song under the name Paul Vance. The story cited the man’s wife as the source for that claim.

But the real Paul Vance, aged 76, is alive and well and living in Coral Springs, Florida and says the other Paul Vance appears to have made the whole thing up.