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Comedian Richard Lewis, famous for the series 'Curb Your Enthusiasm', dies at 76

2024-02-28T21:33:26.681Z

Highlights: Comedian Richard Lewis, famous for the series 'Curb Your Enthusiasm', dies at 76. Nicknamed 'The Prince of Pain', Lewis is remembered for his brilliant monologues in which he explored his own neurosis. He died of a heart attack at his Los Angeles home, according to his publicist. Lewis also played Marty Gold, the romantic co-star with Jamie Lee Curtis, on the ABC series Anything But Love and the ever-neurotic Prince John in Mel Brooks Robin Hood: Men In Tights.


Nicknamed 'The Prince of Pain', Lewis is remembered for his brilliant monologues in which he explored his own neurosis. He died of a heart attack at his Los Angeles home, according to his publicist.


By Mark Kennedy—

The Associated Press

Richard Lewis, an acclaimed comedian known for exploring his neuroses in frenetic tirades dressed all in black, earning him the nickname

The Prince of Pain

, has died.

He was 76 years old.

Lewis, who revealed that he had been diagnosed with Parkinson's disease in 2023, died at his Los Angeles home on Tuesday night after suffering a heart attack, according to his publicist Jeff Abraham.

A regular at clubs and late-night TV shows for decades, Lewis also played Marty Gold, the romantic co-star with Jamie Lee Curtis, on the ABC series

Anything But Love

and the ever-neurotic Prince John in Mel Brooks

Robin Hood: Men In Tights

.

He was reintroduced to a new generation alongside Larry David in the

HBO television series

Curb Your Enthusiasm .

Source: telemundo

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