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A former accountant, he became an overnight sensation with the release of a 1960 live comedy album, then starred in a pair of fabled CBS sitcoms.Bob Newhart, the beloved stand-up performer whose droll, deadpan humor showcased on two critically acclaimed CBS sitcoms vaulted him into the ranks of history’s greatest comedians, died Thursday morning. He was 94. The Chicago legend, who won Grammy Awards for album of the year and best new artist for his 1960 breakthrough record, The Button-Down Mind of Bob Newhart, died at his Los Angeles home after a series of short illnesses, his longtime publicist,...

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Iconic actor Bob Newhart has died aged 94. The comedy legend passed away at his LA home on Thursday after a series of short illnesses, his longtime publicist, Jerry Digney, announced to THR. Newhart began his career as a stand-up comedian before launching a hugely successful acting career. His accolades include three Grammy Awards, an Emmy Award, and a Golden Globe Award. He famously starred as Papa Elf in 2003 Will Ferrell comedy, Elf and played Susan Mayer's stepfather Morty Flicker in Desperate Housewives in 2005.

Left-wing Hollywood celebrities are putting their star power behind the runoffs, with cast reunions of popular movies and TV shows helping to rake in the cash. The latest effort comes from Will Ferrell and Zooey Deschanel, who will lead a cast reunion of the 2003 movie Elf to raise money for Georgia Democrats. The livestream event, set for Sunday, will also feature Elf-costars Bob Newhart, Edward Asner, Mary Steenburgen, Amy Sedaris, Jon Favreau, and Andy Richter. Noticeably absent from the line-up is James Caan, who played Ferrell’s biological father in the original movie.

Happy birthday, Bob Newhart! The comedian turns 88 on September 5, 2017. Newhart has largely stepped out of the public eye, though he has been busy over the past month, giving interviews and appearing on talk shows to celebrate the 45th anniversary of The Bob Newhart Show. In that breakthrough sitcom, which aired on CBS from 1972 to 1978, Newhart perfected the low-key delivery and deadpan reactions that made him so distinctive as a comedian. Newhart has resisted dissecting his own understated comedic style (“I don’t want to find the secret. I’m afraid all the joy will go out of...

ORLANDO, FL, December 20, 2013 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Famed comedian Bob Newhart has canceled a headline show at a conference for Catholic business leaders after a homosexual activist group ran a campaign portraying the organizers as “anti-gay.” After learning of the 84-year-old comedian’s scheduled appearance at the Legatus Summit in Orlando on February 6, the Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD) began urging him last week to back out. Activists also organized a petition at Faithful America that garnered 17,000 signatures. Jim Wallace (Smithsonian Institution) Legatus, which was begun by Domino’s Pizza founder Tom Monaghan in 1987 to network Catholic...

Marcia Wallace, an Emmy-winning character actress on two of TV's most enduring shows, has died. She was 70. Wallace passed away Friday in Los Angeles. Her cause of death was not immediately announced, but Cathryn Michon, who co-wrote and directed Wallace's final movie, "Muffin Top," gave this statement to Deadline: "She passed at 9 p.m. last night due to complications from breast cancer of which she was a long and proud survivor and advocate for women and healing. Ironically it was during breast cancer awareness month during which she was always a funny ray of hope for so many. I’m...

Bob Newhart, among TV's most enduring stars with shows stretching back more than five decades, wept as he finally captured his first Emmy Award.

"One of the things you learn when you go on the nightclub floor is never show fear, because then you're dead meat," said Bob Newhart, recalling his almost overnight transformation from Chicago accountant to successful stand-up comedian. "So I've just pretended for the last 45 years I knew what I was doing." Speaking at a PBS press conference in Beverly Hills last week for Bob Newhart: Unbuttoned, which premieres on the network’s "American Masters series July 20, Newhart recalled his almost overnight transformation from shy Chicago accountant to stand-up sensation when he first tried out his 18 minutes of material...

House calls The ABC hit "Desperate Housewives" is getting a new face. Bob Newhart, 75, confirmed with Ellen DeGeneres on Thursday's airing of her talk show that he has joined the "Housewives" cast. Newhart will play the father-in-law of Teri Hatcher's character in a reoccurring role in eight episodes. Newhart, who's originally from the Windy City, was part of an all-Chicago-themed edition of "The Ellen DeGeneres Show." While taping a show segment earlier this month at the Chicago Auto Show, DeGeneres randomly invited 200 Chicagoans to fly to Burbank to be in the audience for the special show, including restaurateurs...