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Surprising as it may be, 'The Great One' made only one appearance on The Tonight Show, this was in 1985. A six-pack a day smoker for years, he battled colon cancer, liver cancer and thrombosed hemorrhoids even while he worked. He was hospitalized at one point in 1986-87, but checked himself out and died quietly at the age of 71 at his Inverrary, Florida home on June 24th 1987.
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Added: 4th January 2008
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Posted by: Steve on 2008-01-05
Awesome! He was the best!!!
Did you know that Joyce Randolph (Trixie)is still with us at 84??!!
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Posted by: tommy7 on 2008-01-05
Is she freeloading Steve?
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The HoneyMooners'Began on Dumount's
Cavalcade Of Stars.in 1951 ..then the show
moved to CBS TV..where the show was renamed
The Jackie Gleaosn Show.
Mr.Gleason continued to doThe Honeymooners
as one of the skits on the program..until 1955.
That's when he filmed them and aired those
39 classics episodes.
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Posted by: tommy7 on 2008-02-20
Mr. N. remember The Life Of Riley?
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He was a very private man off screen I remember seeing him when I was on a family vacation in CA,when I was little maybe 8 or 9? And he was eating at a Resturant we were having dinner at.. The people would NOT leave him alone..Bugged him and his company,, I remember he was getting a little perturbed and every time he looked our way I would smile and look away as not to bug him like the other groupies were. As he was leaving he walked past our table and said very sweetly to my Mom you've got a beautiful daughter there, she has the eyes of a angel !! (if he only knew LOL LOL) He patted my head and walked away.. My Mom sat there stunned and my Dad just beamed....I'll never forget that night !!
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Posted by: Pfc on 2008-02-21
What a great story and memory Sweets!
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