Louie Anderson, actor and comedian dies, 68

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Louie Anderson Dead: Comedian & Emmy Winner Was 68 – Deadline


Comedian, game show host and Emmy winner Louie Anderson has died at the age of 68.

The Baskets star passed away in Las Vegas Friday morning, where he had entered hospital earlier this week for treatment of diffuse large B cell lymphoma, a form of cancer, his longtime publicist Glenn Schwartz told Deadline.

A constant presence on stage and screen since the mid-1980s, Anderson won the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series in 2016 for his role as Christine Baskets, the mother of the Zach Galifianakisportrayed Chip and Dale on the FX series. The actor was actually nominated in the category over three consecutive years starting in 2016 for his Basketsperformance. Anderson also won two Daytime Emmys for Outstanding Performer In An Animated Program for Fox’s Life with Louie in 1997 and 1998.

 

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Louie Anderson, may he rest in peace.

Many years ago when I was at a gate at LAX seeing my young daughter off on a flight, I saw him waiting to board the flight, sitting alone on the side. He was trying to be incognito, and succeeded actually, except I recognized him lol. He was dressed all in black with his baseball cap pulled down over his lowered head.
What helped I think is that Donald Sutherland was on the same flight so all eyes were on him when he swooped in from a private lounge.