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Met him and his son briefly. He was an absolute classy and friendly gentleman it’s very sad reading this.
Yes, I agree. He was an important part of any show he appeared on and always made make me laugh. Condolences to his family.
Peach
He was great
I knew Bill. He was exactly the same in real life as he was in his TV roles. A very funny man indeed.
I’m sure he was a fine man (at least by Hollywood standards) and he lived a long life with a solid career. I just never thought he was funny.
I also resented the fact that Bob Newhart’s characters needed two or three morons to play off of when most comedians were able to get by with just one. Newhart’s wives were the only sane people in his shows and 30 minutes in his world made me grieve for humanity.
Still, I realize Daily was merely playing a character and was different in real life.
Aw, I enjoyed him. RIP.
That’s 2. Who’ll be the third?
I still dream of Jeannie...
Good for him. A fine way to live and an admirable epitaph.
I always liked him and I like him even more now knowing that.
I have been watching the Bob Newhart show on Decades TV for the past several weeks and wanted to know a little about him, so I just looked up his biography yesterday. I’m getting goosebumps.
From Bob Newhart on Twitter:
“Bill Daily and I go back to the late 1950’s in Chicago when we were both trying to get into stand up. Of course, later he joined The Bob Newhart Show. I called him our bullpen guy. Whenever we were having trouble with a script on the show, wed have Bill make an appearance. You could always go to him. He was one of the most positive people I’ve ever known and we will miss him dearly”
I’m probably wrong but the article says he played a pilot on the Bob Newhart Show. I thought he was a navigator.