Richard Lewis, one of America’s most beloved and revered stand-up comics who also played a fictionalized version of himself on HBO’s Curb Your Enthusiasm, died last night at his home in Los Angeles after suffering a heart attack. He was 76. His death was confirmed by his publicist Jeff Abraham. Lewis had been living with […]
I didnt even know he was sick.
Edit: NYT gift article: Richard Lewis, Acerbic Comedian and Character Actor, Dies at 76
He died of a heart attack.
My dad woke my mom up early one morning and told her they needed to go to the hospital; she quickly got ready and then he fell over dead just before they reached the garage.
These things don’t always show very obvious symptoms.
Go to your doctor, get yourself checked out before you’re another person whose family has to keep hearing “I didn’t even know they were sick.”
“I didn’t even know he was sick” is a reference to a Norm MacDonald joke
God damnit, I forgot about that
I’m sorry to hear about your father. I saw Lewis disclosed he Parkinson’s recently too.
Thank you and sorry that whooshed right under the joke
No worries. It’s a relatively niche reference and you had something important to say.