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Dom DeLuise
May. 6th, 2009 06:26 amI just heard now. (And Cleo, I was checking your linkspam to see if you had already posted it before I asked you over Twitter, it just took a bit to load for me so I saw it after I already posted.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/entertainment/sns-ap-us-obit-deluise,0,6472366.story
LOS ANGELES (AP) — With an ever-present smile that gave way to ready laughter, Dom DeLuise possessed a jovial warmth that charmed not only film and TV audiences, but the actors and directors with whom he worked for decades. Though lighthearted onscreen, the prolific actor was deeply passionate about food, forging a second career as a popular chef and cookbook author.
The affable and portly star, described as a natural comedian who kept the laughs rolling even when the cameras weren't, died Monday at age 75.
"You can't teach someone to be funny," his agent, Robert Malcolm, said Tuesday. "He was born funny, and he knew how to charm you and he knew how to make you feel comfortable. He loved people."
DeLuise was surrounded by his wife and three sons when he died "peacefully" Monday evening at St. John's Health Center in Santa Monica, Calif., Malcolm said.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/entertainment/sns-ap-us-obit-deluise,0,6472366.story
LOS ANGELES (AP) — With an ever-present smile that gave way to ready laughter, Dom DeLuise possessed a jovial warmth that charmed not only film and TV audiences, but the actors and directors with whom he worked for decades. Though lighthearted onscreen, the prolific actor was deeply passionate about food, forging a second career as a popular chef and cookbook author.
The affable and portly star, described as a natural comedian who kept the laughs rolling even when the cameras weren't, died Monday at age 75.
"You can't teach someone to be funny," his agent, Robert Malcolm, said Tuesday. "He was born funny, and he knew how to charm you and he knew how to make you feel comfortable. He loved people."
DeLuise was surrounded by his wife and three sons when he died "peacefully" Monday evening at St. John's Health Center in Santa Monica, Calif., Malcolm said.
