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Don Rickles, Legendary Insult Comic, Dies at 90
Variety ^ | 04/06/2017 | Richard Natale

Posted on 04/06/2017 11:15:19 AM PDT by ealgeone

Rickles died Thursday morning at his home in Los Angeles from kidney failure, his longtime publicist Paul Shefrin confirmed.

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: comedy; donrickles; johnnycarson; ratpack
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To: ealgeone

Saw a billboard advertising a show he was performing late September while driving past the stadium in Foxboro MA.
I knew the guy was pushing 90 and was absolutely amazed that he was still working it.
Really wanted to see it but as usual short on cash...

RIP Mr. Rickles you were a true legend.


61 posted on 04/06/2017 11:31:45 AM PDT by mowowie
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To: lee martell

Rickles roasts Berle at Berle’s funeral

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u_87ZoEaUs4


62 posted on 04/06/2017 11:32:44 AM PDT by AppyPappy (Don't mistake your dorm political discussions with the desires of the nation)
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To: SamAdams76

Bobcat is alive & well, thank you.


63 posted on 04/06/2017 11:33:15 AM PDT by Puppage (You may disagree with what I have to say, but I shall defend to your death my right to say it)
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To: All

One of the funniest Rickles scenes gets replayed over and over as classic comedy.

Johnny Carson is lying half-naked on a massage table.

Rickles walks onto the set and grabs Johnny in a bear hug, blubbering, “Gimme a break, I’m so lonely.”


64 posted on 04/06/2017 11:34:04 AM PDT by Liz
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To: ealgeone

Great talent.

Probably who inspired Joan Rivers.

Two greats gone.


65 posted on 04/06/2017 11:34:10 AM PDT by A CA Guy (God Bless America, God Bless and keep safe our fighting men and women.)
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To: dfwgator

Search his relationship with the President. They’ve had quite the batter through the years.


66 posted on 04/06/2017 11:34:53 AM PDT by hoosiermama (When you open your heart to patriotism, there is no room for prejudice.DJT)
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To: bravo whiskey

Rickles, pointing to Johnny Carson: “I’m Jewish, Ed’s Irish, and here we have....what?”


67 posted on 04/06/2017 11:35:07 AM PDT by Rennes Templar (Morning in America Again, again.)
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To: Mr. K

****He would not be able to exist in today’s climate.****

He would have changed the climate and we would be laughing with one another.

God is now getting a Rickles’ ribbing and loving it.

RIP Don


68 posted on 04/06/2017 11:35:08 AM PDT by sodpoodle (Life is prickly - carry tweezers)
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To: ealgeone

Sad news.

He was one of the funniest human beings who ever lived.

RIP.


69 posted on 04/06/2017 11:36:05 AM PDT by Skooz (Gabba Gabba we accept you we accept you one of us Gabba Gabba we accept you we accept you one of us)
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To: lee martell
I can imagine a few good comedians having a good time telling jokes about him. Uncensored jokes too!


70 posted on 04/06/2017 11:36:24 AM PDT by FredZarguna (And what Rough Beast, its hour come round at last, slouches toward Fifth Avenue to be born?)
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To: ealgeone

My dad always liked him. Me too. RIP Don Rickles. A pretty good actor too.


71 posted on 04/06/2017 11:38:22 AM PDT by Rummyfan (bb)
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To: ealgeone

My favorite comedian, RIP Don.


72 posted on 04/06/2017 11:38:49 AM PDT by Crucial
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To: ealgeone
I had just looked up his Wikipedia entry about two weeks ago.

It was great to hear he was still around, but they mentioned his kidney issues, then, too.

73 posted on 04/06/2017 11:39:08 AM PDT by ConservativeMind ("Humane" = "Don't pen up pets or eat meat, but allow infanticides, abortion, and euthanasia.")
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To: ealgeone

Hilarious

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I72wiRByxvU


74 posted on 04/06/2017 11:39:46 AM PDT by Rennes Templar (Morning in America Again, again.)
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To: HombreSecreto

If this isnt a great line from Don..... listening snowflakes! “You know, every night when I go out on stage, there’s always one nagging fear in the back of my mind. I’m always afraid that somewhere out there, there is one person in the audience that I’m *not* going to offend!”

source: http://www.jokes4us.com/peoplejokes/comedianjokes/donricklesjokes.html


75 posted on 04/06/2017 11:39:50 AM PDT by Republic Rocker
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To: ealgeone

Right up to the end a great entertainer. RIP Mr. Rickles.


76 posted on 04/06/2017 11:40:48 AM PDT by US_MilitaryRules (I'm not tired of Winning yet! Please, continue on!)
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To: ealgeone

Besides his comedy career, it should be noted that Rickles served honorably in the U.S. Navy during WW2 as a seaman first class (USS Cyrene)


77 posted on 04/06/2017 11:40:57 AM PDT by vikingd00d (chown -R us ~u/base)
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To: DannyTN

I had never heard that before but found the story here.

http://rebrn.com/re/happy-birthday-to-this-comedic-genius-849895/

Perhaps some context would have helped. Nevertheless, Rickles and Newhart remained best friends even to vacationing together all around the world.

The quip you quoted would be something I could well imagine Rickles saying. His night club acts were not a brand of humor I appreciated which is why the friendship always struck me as somewhat strange and worthy of note on this thread.


78 posted on 04/06/2017 11:41:00 AM PDT by Roccus (When you talk to a politician...ANY politician...always say, "Remember Ceausescu")
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To: ealgeone

90 years of insulting people and he still dies of old age instead of being killed by somebody.
That’s a pretty good run.
The guy was golden and his humor is now extinct.
PC destroys all joy.


79 posted on 04/06/2017 11:41:36 AM PDT by right way right (May we remain sober over mere men, for God really is our one and only true hope.)
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To: mowowie
I knew the guy was pushing 90 and was absolutely amazed that he was still working it.

When you love what you're doing, it stops being work.

80 posted on 04/06/2017 11:41:40 AM PDT by JimRed ( TERM LIMITS, NOW! Building the Wall! TRUTH is the new HATE SPEECH.)
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