Louie Anderson, comic and 'Baskets' star, dead at 68
Louie Anderson, an Emmy winner whose career spanned from stand-up and game show host to starring roles in TV and film, died Friday in Las Vegas from complications related to cancer, his publicist Glenn Schwartz confirmed to CNN.
(CNN)Louie Anderson, an Emmy victor whose vocation spanned from stand-up and crippled amusement big to starring roles successful TV and film, died Friday successful Las Vegas from complications related to cancer, his publicist Glenn Schwartz confirmed to CNN.
He was 68.
On Thursday his friend, chap comedian Pauly Shore, tweeted that helium had said his goodbyes to Anderson and asked for prayers for the sick star.
Born 1 of 11 children successful St. Paul, Minnesota, Anderson was a counsellor for troubled children erstwhile helium won a the first--place trophy astatine the 1981 Midwest Comedy Competition.
The big of the competition, legendary comedian Henny Youngman, was truthful impressed that helium hired the young comic arsenic a writer.
Anderson was soon basking successful his ain spotlight connected drama stages each implicit the country.
Johnny Carson invited Anderson to marque his nationalist tv debut connected the "The Tonight Show" successful 1984 and Anderson's vocation took off.
Appearances with Jay Leno, David Letterman, "The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson," "Comic Relief," arsenic good arsenic Showtime and HBO specials further cemented him arsenic 1 of Hollywood's apical comedians.
But it was hosting the beloved crippled amusement "Family Feud" successful 1999 that made Anderson a household sanction and opened doors for him into acting.
Anderson guest-starred successful aggregate TV series, including "Grace Under Fire," Touched by an Angel" and "Chicago Hope," and helium appeared successful films similar "Ferris Bueller's Day Off," "Coming to America" and its sequel "Coming 2 America," other Eddie Murphy.
He voiced a fictitious mentation of his 8-year-old aforesaid successful the fashionable 1990s animated bid "Life With Louie," which ran for 3 years.
More recently, Anderson appeared connected "Young Sheldon," had a recurring relation successful the acheronian drama "Search Party" and had joined the formed of the deed BET series, "Twenties."
Critics took announcement erstwhile successful 2016 Anderson was formed to co-star on with Zach Galifianakis and Martha Kelly successful the deed FX drama bid "Baskets."
Anderson played the relation of "Christine," the matriarch of the Baskets clan, and based the quality connected his parent and his 5 sisters, who helium said were a large beingness successful his life.
The relation won him an Emmy Award for outstanding supporting histrion successful a drama series, arsenic good arsenic a Critics' Choice grant for champion supporting histrion In a drama series.
Anderson was besides a champion selling author.
His books included "Dear Dad -- Letters From An Adult Child," "Good-bye Jumbo...Hello Cruel World," and "The F Word, How To Survive Your Family."
His astir caller book, "Hey Mom" was published successful 2018 and "combined wry wit and poignant wit portion sharing his travel of turning life's challenges into joyousness arsenic good arsenic plentifulness of contented helium gained from his precocious mother."
Anderson is survived by his 2 sisters, Lisa and Shanna Anderson.
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