Tim Conway, Star of The Carol Burnett Show, Dies at 85

Peoople ^ | 05-14--2019 | By Natalie Stone and Michele Corriston

[Red Badger]

The beloved actor is best known for characters like the Oldest Man and Mr. Tudball

Tim Conway has died at the age of 85.

He passed away at 8:45 a.m. in the Los Angeles area on Tuesday, his rep Howard Bragman confirms to PEOPLE.

Prior to his death, he suffered complications from Normal Pressure Hydrocephalus (NPH) and had no signs of dementia or Alzheimer’s.

Conway is survived by his wife of 35 years, his stepdaughter, his six biological children and two granddaughters. In lieu of flowers or gifts, the family would like donations to be made to The Lou Ruvo Brain Center at the Cleveland Clinic in Las Vegas, Nevada.

The beloved actor is best known for his work on The Carol Burnett Show, winning viewers over with characters like the Oldest Man and Mr. Tudball, whose accent he has said was inspired by his Romanian mother. He was known to ad-lib his sketches — even surprising his scene partners — and won a Golden Globe Award for the series in 1976, along with Emmys in 1973, 1977 and 1978.

At a 2013 event promoting his memoir, What’s So Funny? My Hilarious Life, Burnett, now 86, painted her collaborator as an on-set prankster.

“Tim’s goal in life was to destroy [costar] Harvey Korman,” she told the crowd, according to The Hollywood Reporter.

“Harvey wet his pants,” Conway bragged.

It’s an anecdote he also recalled in a 2013 interview with the Los Angeles Times.

“Harvey never saw what I was going to do until he was actually doing the sketch,” he said. “As a matter of fact in the dentist sketch you can actually see Harvey wet his pants from laughing.”

[b4its2late]

Damn. Loved that guy.

[MHGinTN]

He’s off chasing Doris Day ...

[Red Badger]

We had a pair like that...................

[Lurker]

Another piece of my childhood is gone.

RIP, Mr. Conway.

https://youtu.be/3qqE_WmagjY

The Dentist Sketch:

https://youtu.be/nF_C3bO8WZ0

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[Army Air Corps]

Yeah, that was during “The Elephant Story” during a sketch on the show. In the outtakes, you can hear Vicki Lawrence, still in character, say, “Is that a$$hole done yet?!”

[Red Badger]

Yes, someone just pointed out her obit was accidentally printed recently..................

[Responsibility2nd]

4, Lena Horne and Peggy Lipton died over the weekend............

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That might be true. But WHAT weekend???

Lena died may weekends ago. in 2010.

[Red Badger]

Yes, dfwgator just said that her obit was accidentally posted..................

[fieldmarshaldj]

RIP.

[rlmorel]

Sigh. Back when humor was funny...

[Political Junkie Too]

And Jim Fowler last week.

-PJ

[hanamizu]

“I laughed until the tears ran down my leg”—sign at my urologist’s office.

[Uversabound]

Oh so sad!!

Recently enjoyed him immensely on the BIG BANG THEORY show

That episode of the Bob Newheart show where it was all a dream???

Nobody made me laugh like him.

[M1903A1]

“I’m so glad we had this time together....”

[Pilgrim's Progress]

Lena Horne over the weekend, ten years ago.

[Army Air Corps]

Enjoy

[Battle Axe]

Oh, no!! One of my favorites. His timing was the greatest. He’d wait until the others were almost calm and then hit them with something more hilarious. But Vicki Lawrence sure got him good with the Siamese Elephants.

[dfwgator]

[caver]

I had forgotten about them.

[mad_as_he$$]

Seems like just the other day. /s