Richard Lewis, Curb Your Enthusiasm Star, Dead at 76

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00:00 It's kind of starting to dawn on me what's going on.

00:02 What are you talking about?

00:03 You're putting me in your will, because you

00:05 want me to put you in my will.

00:08 Would I be that shallow and that manipulative?

00:10 Yes.

00:10 I'm so grateful.

00:11 I mean, he's-- you know, we know each other

00:13 since we were born in the same hospital room,

00:16 three days apart.

00:18 I'm three days older.

00:19 And he was hitting me with the umbilical cord.

00:22 You're nuts.

00:22 I'm smarter than you.

00:24 But I love the guy.

00:26 The show's a ball to do.

00:27 The cast is great.

00:28 What could be wrong?

00:30 Comedian Richard Lewis has died.

00:32 He was 76 years old.

00:34 Two years ago, I started walking a little stiffly.

00:43 I was shuffling my feet.

00:45 The veteran comic's death comes after his battle

00:48 with Parkinson's disease, a diagnosis

00:50 he first shared last year, along with another announcement,

00:54 his retirement from stand-up comedy

00:56 after nearly 50 years in the biz.

00:59 I'm just focusing on writing and acting.

01:02 I have Parkinson's disease, but I'm under a doctor's care.

01:05 And everything is cool.

01:06 And I love my wife.

01:07 I love my little puppy dog.

01:09 And I love all my friends and my fans.

01:12 Richard's talent on stage led to roles

01:14 on the big and small screens.

01:17 Tell everybody that before the day's out,

01:19 we shall have a wedding or a hanging.

01:23 Either way, we ought to have a lot of fun, huh?

01:25 For many, he's best known for his real-life friendship

01:27 with Larry David.

01:29 Playing out across HBO's meta-comedy,

01:31 Curb Your Enthusiasm.

01:33 Is it true or not that I have more, I don't know,

01:37 serenity than you?

01:38 I mean, you seem never--

01:39 you're never full of it.

01:40 You have no gratitude.

01:41 You have more serenity?

01:42 Well, in my own way, I do.

01:44 You never--

01:45 I'm in pretty bad shape, if that's the case.

01:47 Larry mourning his longtime friend in a statement to ET,

01:51 Lewis had that rare combination of being the funniest person

01:54 and also the sweetest.

01:56 But today, he made me sob.

01:58 And for that, I'll never forgive him.

02:00 I could see if it came from a skinhead.

02:02 Yeah.

02:03 Or one of Ben Laden's people.

02:04 You're--

02:05 You call him Ben Laden or Bin Laden?

02:07 I don't know.

02:08 Call him Ben.

02:09 That's almost like a Jewish name.

02:10 That's true.

02:11 Ben Laden does sound like a shirt maker in Manhattan.

02:13 Yes, I know.

02:14 Go to Ben Laden's.

02:15 They got great colors.

02:16 Exactly, yeah.

02:17 Can people really heal through humor?

02:19 Oh, absolutely.

02:20 I mean, I've been weeping and laughing ever since I was born.

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