Crowd Unaware as Comic Literally Dies Onstage

Newser ^ | 04/12/2019 | John Johnson

[Calvin Locke]

Then there was the Dick Cavett show.

https://lostmediawiki.com/The_Dick_Cavett_Show_%27Jerome_Rodale_episode%27_(lost_death_footage_of_special_guest_of_talk_show;_1971)

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[Secret Agent Man]

Only if you get the punchline out before you go.

[Bommer]

I know for sure that it happened to Dick Shawn. He was pretending to fake a heart attack, had a real one, fell to the stage and got a big 2 min laugh....until they saw he wasn’t moving.

[SkyDancer]

Wasn’t there a famous comedian in the US that did that? Died on stage during his monologue?

[DanielRedfoot]

Tiny Tim actuall died like that. Hart.

[CrimsonTidegirl]

British comedian Tommy Cooper died on stage.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=HpZq3ul1ld4

[Fiji Hill]

When comedian Pinky Lee had a heart attack onstage in 1955, no one came to his aid because everyone thought that his contortions and pleas for help were part of his act. However, he survived and lived nearly four decades longer.

I recall the kid’s show on local TV in Southern California that he hosted beginning in 1962.

[Churchillspirit]

IIRC Eric Morecombe died on stage - or perhaps in the wings.

[fieldmarshaldj]

RIP.