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Comic and Curb Your Enthusiasm regular Richard Lewis dies at 76

Comic and Curb Your Enthusiasm regular Richard Lewis dies at 76

Lewis disclosed last year that he was battling Parkinson's disease, and died at his home in Los Angeles on Tuesday.
29 Feb, 2024

Comedian Richard Lewis, who rose to fame with his neurotic, self-deprecating wit and later appeared for more than two decades alongside Larry David on the hit HBO series Curb Your Enthusiasm, has died at 76, his publicist said on Wednesday.

The comic, who disclosed last year that he was battling Parkinson’s disease, died at his home in Los Angeles on Tuesday evening after suffering a heart attack, publicist Jeff Abraham said.

“Richard and I were born three days apart in the same hospital and for most of my life he’s been like a brother to me,” David said in a written statement. “He had that rare combination of being the funniest person and also the sweetest. But today he made me sob and for that I’ll never forgive him.”

“His wife, Joyce Lapinsky, thanks everyone for all the love, friendship and support and asks for privacy at this time,” Abraham said in a written statement.

Brooklyn-born Lewis began performing stand-up comedy in the early 1970s while working a day job in advertising and by the end of the decade had risen to the forefront of his generation of comedians.

He was a regular on late-night talk shows through the 1980s and starred alongside Jamie Lee Curtis on the ABC TV comedy Anything But Love. He made several film appearances in the 1990s, most notably in Robin Hood: Men in Tights.

In later years he was best known for playing a version of himself as Larry David’s friend on Curb Your Enthusiasm, in which the two men bickered relentlessly.

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Syed Hasni Feb 29, 2024 04:01pm
Richard Lewis Was the King of Self-Deprecating Comedy, a True Brooklynites! I hope he is Channeling his Enthusiasm now! RIP !
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Black Hawk Feb 29, 2024 05:40pm
Great actor. RIP!
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jsav12 Feb 29, 2024 08:08pm
Rip Mr. Lewis. Thanks for the laughs.
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well-wisher Feb 29, 2024 08:51pm
R.I.P
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Taj Ahmad Mar 01, 2024 09:32am
Very sad, RIP Richard Lewis.
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NYS Mar 01, 2024 11:56pm
Abraham and Richard the duo have weird birth chemistry
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