Born this day in 1941, Graham Chapman (Graham Arthur Chapman) Leicester, Leicestershire, England, starred in Life of Brian and Monty Python and the Holy Grail, was a doctor before turning to a life of comedy. He died 10/04/1989 of tonsil cancer and secondary spinal cancer at age 48.
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Born this day in 1925, Larry Storch (Lawrence Samuel Storch) is 92, New York City, New York, comedian who played Corporal Randolph Agarn on TV’s F Troop, Larry Storch Show.
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Born this day in 1926, Soupy Sales (Milton Supman aka Milton Hines) of Franklinton, North Carolina, comedian, actor, radio-TV personality, best known for his local and network children's television show, Lunch with Soupy Sales; sketches frequently ended with Sales receiving a pie in the face, his trademark. He died 10/22/2009 from cancer at age 83.
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Born this day in 1917, Stanley Prager of New York City, NY, comedian, actor, television and theatre director, TV’s Car 54 Where Are you?, Patty Duke Show. He died 01/18/1972 of a heart attack at age 55.
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Died this day in 1994, Pat Buttram (Maxwell Emmett Buttram) of Addison, Alabama, comic actor, sidekick in many Westerns, Mr. Haney on TV’s Green Acres. Born 06/19/1915, he died of kidney failure at age 78.
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Died this day in 1998, Sam Perrin, comedy writer for Jack Benny. Born 08/15/1901, he was 96.
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| Died this day in 1981, Stymie (Our Gang) (Matthew Beard Jr.) Los Angeles, California comic actor. Born 01/01/1925, he died at age 56. |
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| Died this day in 1990, Terry-Thomas (Thomas Terry Hoar Stevens) of Finchley, London, England, hyper British comic. Born 07/14/1911, he died of Parkinson's disease at age 78. |
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