Bob Newhart, everyman comedian and star of two beloved sitcoms that bore his name, died Thursday at the age of 94. The news was announced by Jerry Digney, Newhart’s longtime publicist.
Beneath his mild-mannered appearance and stylized stammering delivery beat the heart of one of stand-up comedy’s most unexpected and subversive voices. “Being a comedian means you are anti-authority . . . at heart,” he wrote in his 2006 memoir, I Shouldn’t Even be Doing This. “You are looking to expose the loopholes in the system.”
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