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Tim Conway, Star of The Carol Burnett Show, Dies at 85
Peoople ^ | 05-14--2019 | By Natalie Stone and Michele Corriston

Posted on 05/14/2019 9:33:30 AM PDT by 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.”

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TOPICS: Arts/Photography; Music/Entertainment; Society; TV/Movies
KEYWORDS: alzheimers; hydrocephalus; nph; timconway; timconwayobit
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To: Red Badger

Rest in peace, Mr. Conway.


41 posted on 05/14/2019 9:48:08 AM PDT by trisham (Zen is not easy. It takes effort to attain nothingness. And then what do you have? Bupkis.)
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To: Red Badger
I met him at the Santa Anita racetrack about 35 years ago at a birthday gathering. He was the sweetest, most down-to-Earth and thoroughly normal person you could ever meet.

Rest in peace, Tim.

42 posted on 05/14/2019 9:48:19 AM PDT by truthkeeper (All Trump Has Going for Him is the Votes)
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To: Red Badger
Sigh, and another part of my young life is gone. Just damn.
Was their anyone funnier than Tim Conway and Harvey Korman?
No way. Godspeed Tim ...
43 posted on 05/14/2019 9:48:54 AM PDT by oh8eleven (RVN '67-'68)
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To: Red Badger

I folowed Tim on Facebook. He always had witty posts, but he stopped about two years ago.

I figured he wasn’t well.


44 posted on 05/14/2019 9:49:30 AM PDT by Mr.Unique (The government, by its very nature, cannot give except what it first takes.)
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To: Army Air Corps

OMG, as soon as the first frame came up, I began to laugh out loud! Got some tears, too...

From the second he opened his mouth, the look on her face showed that she knew she was doomed!


45 posted on 05/14/2019 9:50:08 AM PDT by rlmorel (Leftists: Can't control their emotions. Can't control their actions. Deny them control of anything.)
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To: Red Badger

We lost a good one with the passing of Tim Conway.

RIP Tim


46 posted on 05/14/2019 9:50:36 AM PDT by heshtesh
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To: Red Badger

May he rest in peace.

5.56mm


47 posted on 05/14/2019 9:50:38 AM PDT by M Kehoe (DRAIN THE SWAMP! BUILD THE WALL!)
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To: rlmorel
When Tim Conway wanted to make the cast of the Carol Burnett show laugh on stage in the middle of the performance, they were completely helpless.

Not even a fair fight! They would all try to look away from the camera...I remember watching one where Carol Burnett had her face covered, was looking away, but her shoulders were jumping up and down.

I saw an interview with Carol Burnett in which she said all during the week in rehearsals, Tim Conway would stick to the script and perform his lines exactly as written. Once they got out in front of the audience to tape the show, the script went out the window, and he would ad-lib his way through the sletch, cracking up the other cast members.

48 posted on 05/14/2019 9:51:11 AM PDT by GreenHornet
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To: Red Badger; lee martell

“had no signs of dementia or Alzheimer’s.”

quoting from the article posted here.

Do you guys read what is posted? Sorry dumb question on FR.


49 posted on 05/14/2019 9:51:13 AM PDT by fulltlt
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To: Army Air Corps

Harvey Korman is now in Heaven unable to hold his laughter with Conway next to him. :)


50 posted on 05/14/2019 9:52:54 AM PDT by Tell It Right (1st Thessalonians 5:21 -- Put everything to the test, hold fast to that which is true.)
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To: Pilgrim's Progress

Yeah, somebody posted her obit recently though..............


51 posted on 05/14/2019 9:53:16 AM PDT by Red Badger (We are headed for a Civil War. It won't be nice like the last one....................)
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To: Army Air Corps

You know you’re good when you can break up Vicki Lawrence. Carol was a pushover, but Vicki was one tough cookie.


52 posted on 05/14/2019 9:53:58 AM PDT by truthkeeper (All Trump Has Going for Him is the Votes)
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To: Red Badger

This hurts about as bad as when Harvey Korman died. Both masters of the art.


53 posted on 05/14/2019 9:54:01 AM PDT by guido911 (all)
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To: Red Badger

Lena Horne has been dead for lo, these past 9 years...


54 posted on 05/14/2019 9:54:31 AM PDT by Sans-Culotte (If it weren't for fake hate crimes, there would be no hate crimes at all.)
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To: Red Badger

RIP Mr. Conway. You were one of the good ones.


55 posted on 05/14/2019 9:54:43 AM PDT by Boomer (One can be an American or a Democrat but never both; not since Zero was elected anyway.)
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To: Red Badger

R.I.P.


56 posted on 05/14/2019 9:55:29 AM PDT by Enterprise
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To: rlmorel

I remember his own late 70s or early 80s comedy show.

RIP Tim.


57 posted on 05/14/2019 9:55:38 AM PDT by wally_bert (Disc jockeys are as interchangeable as spark plugs.)
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To: Sans-Culotte

And still is.................


58 posted on 05/14/2019 9:55:50 AM PDT by Red Badger (We are headed for a Civil War. It won't be nice like the last one....................)
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To: Red Badger

I’ll know him best as ensign Parker on McHale’s Navy. And Mr tudball on the Burnett show.

RIP Dorf


59 posted on 05/14/2019 9:58:26 AM PDT by Vaquero ( Don't pick a fight with an old guy. If he is too old to fight, he'll just kill you.)
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To: Red Badger
He was the funniest guy...
60 posted on 05/14/2019 9:58:34 AM PDT by novemberslady
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