RIP: Comedy Great Harvey Korman
Another celebrated comedy entertainer has died this week. On Thursday, multiple Emmy winner Harvey Korman, probably best known for his hilarious work on CBS’ The Carol Burnett Show, passed away at the age of 81 following complications due to a ruptured abdominal aortic aneurysm suffered four months ago.
On Carol Burnett’s self-titled sketch-comedy television series, which aired for an impressive eleven seasons on CBS from 1967 to 1978, Korman portrayed a multitude of mostly normal characters alongside the wacky personalities played by his fellow regulars Burnett, Vicki Lawrence, Tim Conway, and Lyle Waggoner. Korman departed the show prior to the final season and was replaced by another beloved comedy legend, Dick Van Dyke.
During a career that began in the early 1960s, the actor also contributed his talents to numerous feature films and television series, including the Academy Award-nominated Mel Brooks Western parody Blazing Saddles and the classic Hanna-Barbera cartoon The Flinstones, on which he provided the voice of the Great Gazoo. All seven of Korman’s Emmy nominations were for his work on The Carol Burnett Show, however, and he was victorious four times.
Korman is survived by his second wife Deborah Fritz, their two daughters Katherine and Laura, and his son and daughter from his first marriage to Donna Ehlert, Maria and Christopher.
Take a look at a CBS news tribute to Harvey Korman after the jump, a segment that contains several clips of his memorable work on television and in movies.
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