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Legendary comedian Bob Newhart dead at 94
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0:58Now PlayingBob Newhart has died at age 94. The legendary comedian, whose TV series “The Bob Newhart Show” and “Newhart” were hits in the 1970s and ’80s, died Thursday.
His longtime publicist Jerry Digney announced that he died of “a series of short illnesses,” according to The Wrap.
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Born in Oak Park, Illinois, Newhart began his career as a stand up comedian in the 1950s, after a stint in the army (he served from 1952-54). He was known as “the funny guy in the barracks” during the Korean War, he told The Post in 2020.
When he was working in Chicago at an accounting job, he started making humorous phone calls to a friend to pass the time and sending the recordings to radio stations. This got Newhart noticed by James Conkling, the then-president of Warner Bros. Records. Colking booked him in the Houston nightclub, the Tidelands, and recorded his performances.
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