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Bernard_Monsha
May 29th, 2008, 09:07 PM
:( I am going to watch Carol Burnett reruns and blazing Saddles now. So long Harvey we will miss you.

Comic actor Harvey Korman dies at 81 (http://edition.cnn.com/2008/SHOWBIZ/TV/05/29/korman.obit/?iref=hpmostpop)

LOS ANGELES, California (CNN) -- Comic actor Harvey Korman has died at 81, according to the UCLA Medical Center.

orman died at the center four months after suffering complications from the rupture of an abdominal aortic aneurysm.

"It was a miracle in itself that he survived the incident at all. Everyone in the hospital referred to him as 'miracle man' because of his strong will and ability to bounce right back after several major operations," said Korman's daughter, Kate Korman. "Tragically, after such a hard-fought battle, he passed away."

Korman was a regular on "The Carol Burnett Show" from 1967 through 1978, for which he won Emmy awards in 1969, 1971, 1972 and 1974. He also won a Golden Globe for his work on the series.

The lanky Korman also appeared in Mel Brooks' "Blazing Saddles" (as the sneering Hedley Lamarr), "High Anxiety" and "History of the World, Part 1."

He starred in his own short-lived situation comedy, "The Harvey Korman Show," in 1978, in which he portrayed Harvey Kavanaugh opposite Christine Lahti, who played his wife, Maggie.

He made dozens of appearances in other television shows and movies during his lengthy show-business career, including providing voices for several animated productions. Among those was The Great Gazoo, a helmeted space man who appeared in some episodes of "The Flintstones."

Hara!
May 29th, 2008, 09:19 PM
Holy ****.

And what's worse, two more will be coming after him.

Tuna
May 29th, 2008, 09:20 PM
I didn't know he was the voice of the Great Gazoo...
O.O

He will be missed...
x.x

GreatNekoKoneko
May 29th, 2008, 09:31 PM
...Heady Lamarr will be sorely missed.

J.Mizuno
May 29th, 2008, 09:32 PM
Blazing Saddles is one of my favorite movies of all time. Harvey Korman played Heady or Hedley Laamar so good. Him and Slim Pickens were a great side duo in that movie. Well, RIP good sir. :)

Tonyx35
May 29th, 2008, 09:33 PM
I was just Watching Blazing Saddles a few hours ago... He was Great as Hedley Lamarr :lol:

Favorite scenes:
Pledge (http://youtube.com/watch?v=SoM-ZC7uNnc)
and the tub scene:D

R.I.P.

Leader Desslock
May 30th, 2008, 12:53 AM
You beat me to creating this thread, Bernard.

His performance in Blazing Saddles was genius. I remember him most on the Carol Burnett show. The scenes where he and Tim Conway start ad-libbing to try and crack each other up were legendary, and some of the funniest scenes ever aired on television.

Favorite Burnett Show skit: the Jaws parody, where Korman does a play on Robert Shaw's performance. The line "She'd have made it, if only she hadn't been wearing her good luck ham (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vgbEkPU0wgg)" might be one of the funniest lines ever uttered on television. :lol:

Daishikaze
May 30th, 2008, 01:59 AM
Damn, thats really sad news. I may marathon his Mel Brooks films today in honour of his memory.

RIP Harvey, we'll miss you

Caifane
May 30th, 2008, 03:10 AM
...Heady Lamarr will be sorely missed.


Its Hedley!!!!:mad:

Bradster
May 30th, 2008, 06:52 AM
Saw the news last night, but I'm not the RIP caretaker here.

"My mind is aglow with whirling, transient nodes of thought careening through a cosmic vapor of invention!"

IMDB quote list (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0071230/quotes) since we seem to be focusing on B.S.
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And what's worse, two more will be coming after him.
If you're talking about celebrity deaths coming in threes, Stelok made a thread (http://animenation.net/forums/showthread.php?t=215050) on the death of Alexander Courage. Not a celebrity per se, but a notable name for geeks.

(If you're not talking about that, not sure what you mean.)

AnimeHeavens
June 1st, 2008, 04:59 PM
Wow.. =[

RIP ..