Good night funny man.
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http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601103&sid=aKzoaUV0_hfE&refer=us
Dick Martin, Director, `Laugh-In' Co-Host, Dies at 86 (Update1)
By Nancy Kercheval
May 25 (Bloomberg) -- Dick Martin, co-host of ``Rowan and Martin's Laugh-In,'' which popularized the phrase, ``Sock it to me,'' died yesterday of respiratory complications in Santa Monica, California. He was 86.
Martin, who lost one lung to tuberculosis as a teenager and part of the surviving organ in 1980, was placed on a ventilator a week ago at Santa Monica UCLA Medical Center and never recovered, said Barry Greenberg, president of talent agency Celebrity Connections and Martin's friend of 20 years.
``I think it's important that we all will remember him,'' Greenberg said in a telephone interview. ``He was on an extraordinary top-rated television show and directed some of the most fascinating television we have seen, including the last episode of `Newhart.' He was at least equal as a director as he was an actor-comedian in the first part of his career.''
Martin played off straight man Dan Rowan in ``Laugh-In,'' which revolutionized the television industry. Its stars garnered laughs with one-liners and double entendres from the psychedelic joke wall, and introduced phrases into the popular lexicon such as ``Here comes da judge'' and ``You bet your sweet bippy.'' The show also featured Goldie Hawn, Lily Tomlin, Ruth Buzzi and announcer Gary Owens.
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http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601103&sid=aKzoaUV0_hfE&refer=us
Dick Martin, Director, `Laugh-In' Co-Host, Dies at 86 (Update1)
By Nancy Kercheval
May 25 (Bloomberg) -- Dick Martin, co-host of ``Rowan and Martin's Laugh-In,'' which popularized the phrase, ``Sock it to me,'' died yesterday of respiratory complications in Santa Monica, California. He was 86.
Martin, who lost one lung to tuberculosis as a teenager and part of the surviving organ in 1980, was placed on a ventilator a week ago at Santa Monica UCLA Medical Center and never recovered, said Barry Greenberg, president of talent agency Celebrity Connections and Martin's friend of 20 years.
``I think it's important that we all will remember him,'' Greenberg said in a telephone interview. ``He was on an extraordinary top-rated television show and directed some of the most fascinating television we have seen, including the last episode of `Newhart.' He was at least equal as a director as he was an actor-comedian in the first part of his career.''
Martin played off straight man Dan Rowan in ``Laugh-In,'' which revolutionized the television industry. Its stars garnered laughs with one-liners and double entendres from the psychedelic joke wall, and introduced phrases into the popular lexicon such as ``Here comes da judge'' and ``You bet your sweet bippy.'' The show also featured Goldie Hawn, Lily Tomlin, Ruth Buzzi and announcer Gary Owens.
