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Richard Lewis, comic and Curb Your Enthusiasm regular, dies at 76

The comic, who disclosed last year that he was battling Parkinson's disease, died at his home in Los Angeles on Tuesday (Feb 27) evening after suffering a heart attack, according to his publicist. 

Richard Lewis, comic and Curb Your Enthusiasm regular, dies at 76
FILE - Comedian Richard Lewis attends an NBA basketball game in Los Angeles on Dec. 25, 2012. Lewis died at his Los Angeles home on Tuesday (Feb 27, 2024). (AP Photo/Alex Gallardo, File)
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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 (Feb 28).

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.

"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.

Source: Reuters/sr

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