Richard Lewis, Curb Your Enthusiasm Star, Dead at 76
Richard Lewis, Curb Your Enthusiasm Star, Dead at 76
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00:00 It's kind of starting to dawn on me what's going on.
00:02 What are you talking about?
00:03 You're putting me in your will, because you
00:05 want me to put you in my will.
00:08 Would I be that shallow and that manipulative?
00:10 Yes.
00:10 I'm so grateful.
00:11 I mean, he's-- you know, we know each other
00:13 since we were born in the same hospital room,
00:16 three days apart.
00:18 I'm three days older.
00:19 And he was hitting me with the umbilical cord.
00:22 You're nuts.
00:22 I'm smarter than you.
00:24 But I love the guy.
00:26 The show's a ball to do.
00:27 The cast is great.
00:28 What could be wrong?
00:30 Comedian Richard Lewis has died.
00:32 He was 76 years old.
00:34 Two years ago, I started walking a little stiffly.
00:43 I was shuffling my feet.
00:45 The veteran comic's death comes after his battle
00:48 with Parkinson's disease, a diagnosis
00:50 he first shared last year, along with another announcement,
00:54 his retirement from stand-up comedy
00:56 after nearly 50 years in the biz.
00:59 I'm just focusing on writing and acting.
01:02 I have Parkinson's disease, but I'm under a doctor's care.
01:05 And everything is cool.
01:06 And I love my wife.
01:07 I love my little puppy dog.
01:09 And I love all my friends and my fans.
01:12 Richard's talent on stage led to roles
01:14 on the big and small screens.
01:17 Tell everybody that before the day's out,
01:19 we shall have a wedding or a hanging.
01:23 Either way, we ought to have a lot of fun, huh?
01:25 For many, he's best known for his real-life friendship
01:27 with Larry David.
01:29 Playing out across HBO's meta-comedy,
01:31 Curb Your Enthusiasm.
01:33 Is it true or not that I have more, I don't know,
01:37 serenity than you?
01:38 I mean, you seem never--
01:39 you're never full of it.
01:40 You have no gratitude.
01:41 You have more serenity?
01:42 Well, in my own way, I do.
01:44 You never--
01:45 I'm in pretty bad shape, if that's the case.
01:47 Larry mourning his longtime friend in a statement to ET,
01:51 Lewis had that rare combination of being the funniest person
01:54 and also the sweetest.
01:56 But today, he made me sob.
01:58 And for that, I'll never forgive him.
02:00 I could see if it came from a skinhead.
02:02 Yeah.
02:03 Or one of Ben Laden's people.
02:04 You're--
02:05 You call him Ben Laden or Bin Laden?
02:07 I don't know.
02:08 Call him Ben.
02:09 That's almost like a Jewish name.
02:10 That's true.
02:11 Ben Laden does sound like a shirt maker in Manhattan.
02:13 Yes, I know.
02:14 Go to Ben Laden's.
02:15 They got great colors.
02:16 Exactly, yeah.
02:17 Can people really heal through humor?
02:19 Oh, absolutely.
02:20 I mean, I've been weeping and laughing ever since I was born.
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