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10-05-2004, 07:42 PM
LOS ANGELES - Rodney Dangerfield, the goggle-eyed comic famed for his self-deprecating one-liners and signature phrase “I can’t get no respect,” died Tuesday at age 82, his publicist said.
Dangerfield, who became a pop culture sensation with a string of broad film comedies starting with “Caddyshack” in 1980, died at 1:20 p.m. PT at the UCLA Medical Center, where he had undergone heart valve replacement surgery in August, spokesman Kevin Sasaki said in a statement.
Several of Dangerfield’s old friends, including comedians Jim Carrey, Roseanne, Andrew Dice Clay, Louie Anderson and Bob Saget, had paid hospital visits to the man who helped launch their careers at his Manhattan nightclub.
Dangerfield’s wife, Joan, had remained by his side around the clock since his operation.
link http://msnbc.msn.com/id/6187136/
Dangerfield, who became a pop culture sensation with a string of broad film comedies starting with “Caddyshack” in 1980, died at 1:20 p.m. PT at the UCLA Medical Center, where he had undergone heart valve replacement surgery in August, spokesman Kevin Sasaki said in a statement.
Several of Dangerfield’s old friends, including comedians Jim Carrey, Roseanne, Andrew Dice Clay, Louie Anderson and Bob Saget, had paid hospital visits to the man who helped launch their careers at his Manhattan nightclub.
Dangerfield’s wife, Joan, had remained by his side around the clock since his operation.
link http://msnbc.msn.com/id/6187136/