Actor Dom DeLuise poses as he arrives for the Museum of Television and Radio gala dinner in this file photo taken in Beverly Hills. Reuters/Fred Prouser/Files
"It's easy to mourn his death, but easier to remember a time when he made you laugh," DeLuise's family said in a statement issued by Malcolm.
No cause of death was given, but Malcolm said DeLuise had health problems including high blood pressure and diabetes.
In December 2008 the actor told TV show "Entertainment Tonight" that he had been fighting prostate cancer. "I'm still here. I'm 75 and here. I feel very blessed," he said.
Dominick "Dom" DeLuise was born August 1, 1933, in Brooklyn, New York. He began his career in movies and on TV in the 1960s, and he gained widespread fame on the Dean Martin Show as "Dominick the Great," a magician whose act routinely went wrong.
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May 5, 2009
USA: Actor Dom DeLuise dies at age 75
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LOS ANGELES, California / Reuters / May 5, 2009
By Bob Tourtellotte
Dom DeLuise, the U.S. comic actor who gained fame on television and in movies such as "Blazing Saddles" and "Smokey and the Bandit II," has died at age 75.
DeLuise died on Monday night at a hospital in the Los Angeles community of Santa Monica, his agent Robert Malcolm said.
Actor Dom DeLuise poses as he arrives for the Museum of Television and Radio gala dinner in this file photo taken in Beverly Hills. Reuters/Fred Prouser/Files
"It's easy to mourn his death, but easier to remember a time when he made you laugh," DeLuise's family said in a statement issued by Malcolm.
No cause of death was given, but Malcolm said DeLuise had health problems including high blood pressure and diabetes.
In December 2008 the actor told TV show "Entertainment Tonight" that he had been fighting prostate cancer. "I'm still here. I'm 75 and here. I feel very blessed," he said.
Dominick "Dom" DeLuise was born August 1, 1933, in Brooklyn, New York. He began his career in movies and on TV in the 1960s, and he gained widespread fame on the Dean Martin Show as "Dominick the Great," a magician whose act routinely went wrong.
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Actor Dom DeLuise poses as he arrives for the Museum of Television and Radio gala dinner in this file photo taken in Beverly Hills. Reuters/Fred Prouser/Files
"It's easy to mourn his death, but easier to remember a time when he made you laugh," DeLuise's family said in a statement issued by Malcolm.
No cause of death was given, but Malcolm said DeLuise had health problems including high blood pressure and diabetes.
In December 2008 the actor told TV show "Entertainment Tonight" that he had been fighting prostate cancer. "I'm still here. I'm 75 and here. I feel very blessed," he said.
Dominick "Dom" DeLuise was born August 1, 1933, in Brooklyn, New York. He began his career in movies and on TV in the 1960s, and he gained widespread fame on the Dean Martin Show as "Dominick the Great," a magician whose act routinely went wrong.
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