LOS ANGELES (AP) — Don Rickles, the big-mouthed, bald-headed “Mr. Warmth” whose verbal assaults endeared him to audiences and peers and made him the acknowledged grandmaster of insult comedy, died ...
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Only Don Rickles could get away with insulting Frank Sinatra: “Make yourself at home, Frank – hit somebody.” Only Don Rickles (unlike Stephen Colbert) could get laughs from a sitting president by ...
Legendary comedian Don Rickles died today at the age of 90 in his Los Angeles home. The stand up and late night mainstay got his start as the controversial equal opportunity insult comic he is ...
A mainstay of confrontational comedy, Don Rickles, who could embarrass anyone with his pointed jokes, has died at age 90. Paul Shefrin, his longtime publicist and friend, said Rickles died Thursday of ...
Rickles starred in “The Don Rickles Show,” a 1968-’69 comedy-variety show. (Sign up for our free video newsletter here http://bit.ly/2n6VKPR) ...
Abrasive comic Don Rickles, the honorary Rat Pack member and celebrity roast guest whose career spanned six decades, has died. He was 90. Rickles died Thursday morning at his home in Los Angeles from ...
The instinct to be politically correct was on display again. This time a comedian's insulting joke led to audible gasps in a Hollywood elite audience and then, finally, to laughs. What was this ...
People don't realize, because when I'm on stage, I'm shot out of rocket," says Rickles, who amazes both his audiences and his doctors with his energy. Now an elder statesman of comedy, he still plays ...
Comedian Don Rickles has died at age 90. Paul Shefrin, his longtime publicist and friend, said Rickles died Thursday of kidney failure at his Los Angeles home. He would have turned 91 on May 8. For ...
Don Rickles, a legendary insult comic who was tagged with the nicknames of “Mr. Warmth” and “The Merchant of Venom,” has died. Rickles, 90, was scheduled to perform May 6 at Paradise Cove inside the ...