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Series of short illnnesses

Comedian Bob Newhart, deadpan master of sitcoms and telephone monologues, dies at 94

Jul 18, 2024 | 2:32 PM

Bob Newhart has died at age 94.

Jerry Digney, Newhart’s publicist, says the actor died Thursday in Los Angeles after a series of short illnesses.

The accountant-turned-comedian gained fame with a smash album and became one of the most popular TV stars of his time.

Newhart was a Chicago psychologist in “The Bob Newhart Show” in the 1970s and a Vermont innkeeper on “Newhart” in the 1980s.