Back in the NBC days, the Letterman guests I and my friends most looked
forward to were Jay Leno (hard to believe now, but he was great) and
Richard Lewis. I had seen him at the Ice House a few times and just enjoyed
his act so much. I started a re watch of Curb a few weeks ago to get ready
for
I don’t believe Lewis was one of the funniest stand-ups of all time (he was
good, but not great), but if I had to pick a comic to sit down to dinner
with who would guarantee that I’d fall out of my chair laughing, he’d be a
top candidate. He was just a naturally funny person, and the handful of
He had developed Parkinson's disease last year, after passing on several
2021 episodes of *Curb* while recovering from multiple surgeries, but it
was his ticker that gave out, said V... 76.
https://variety.com/2024/tv/news/richard-lewis-dead-comedian-curb-your-enthusiasm-1235925744/
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