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This week, a comedy giant Bob Newhart passes awaypassed away Thursday morning at the age of 94.
Carol Burnett I tweeted my farewells. She sent a message to the late star late Thursday, sharing a black-and-white photo of the two on set in 1964.
“It was such an honor to work with Bob and have had the privilege of being his friend,” Burnett wrote in the caption. “He was a funny, kind and wonderful man and I will miss him.”
Tributes also came from many of Newhart’s other collaborators and friends, including Elf director Jon Favreau.
“Bob Newhart was a comedy icon. His deadpan delivery and charm were deep on and off screen. I am grateful to have known him and will continue to treasure our collaboration,” Favreau said in a statement to CNN on Friday.
Several of his “Big Bang Theory” co-stars also shared their memories.
Next to a carousel of photos of the two of them is Johnny Galecki. wrote on Instagram“In his last email, Bob asked me to stop telling people he was a ‘good guy.’ I hate to disrespect my hero, but I have to say that Bob was a great guy and I cherished the time I spent with him.”
“Safe sailing, my friends,” he added.
Mayim Bialik writes: Her Instagram As a child, “The Bob Newhart Show” “gave me countless hours of entertainment. It was some of my earliest training in the art of the sitcom.”
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Bob Newhart was photographed at his Los Angeles home in 2019.
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Newhart was originally an accountant and advertising copywriter. He first came to fame in the 1960s with his comedy album The Button-Down Mind of Bob Newhart, which was a huge hit at the time, becoming one of the best-selling albums of the year and winning multiple Grammy Awards.
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Newhart and singer Nat King Cole appeared together at the Grammy Awards in 1960. Newhart won Album of the Year, beating out Cole, Frank Sinatra, and Harry Belafonte.
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Talk show host Ed Sullivan pretends to grab Newhart by the throat in 1960.
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Newhart signs autographs in the hallway of the Ambassador Hotel in Los Angeles in 1961.
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Newhart filmed the war film Hell Is Where Heroes Are in 1962.
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Newhart poses as a confused accountant standing at a calculator in a publicity photo for “The Bob Newhart Show,” an award-winning variety show that aired for one season beginning in 1961. The same name was later used for his sitcom, which aired in the 1970s.
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Newhart appears in a supermarket sketch during a 1961 episode of “The Bob Newhart Show.”
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Newhart will perform on the set of “The Bob Newhart Show.”
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Newhart and his wife, Ginny, laugh together at their Los Angeles home in 1964.
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Sporting a crooked mustache, Newhart appears with Norman Fell in a scene from the 1970 film “Catch-22.”
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Newhart was interviewed by talk show host Johnny Carson on “The Tonight Show” in 1971.
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In the sitcom “The Bob Newhart Show,” Newhart played Bob Hartley, a Chicago psychologist who treats a group of unconventional patients. The show aired from 1972 to 1978.
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In a 1972 episode of “The Bob Newhart Show,” Newhart gives advice to a clown with problems.
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Newhart fishing with television personality Ed McMahon in Cypress Gardens, Florida in 1972.
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Suzanne Pleshette played Newhart’s wife, Emily, on The Bob Newhart Show.
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Newhart posed in his home office in 1972.
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Newhart sits down with Gene Wilder in 1974 during the making of the TV movie “Thursday’s Game.”
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Newhart receives instructions from Dick Martin (right) in this scene from The Bob Newhart Show in 1977.
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Newhart, known primarily for playing good guys, played a brooding devil with a red cape, pitchfork and horns in 1978.
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Newhart and his family attend Easter Sunday brunch in Los Angeles in 1982. Newhart and his wife, Ginny, had four children: Robert, Timothy, Jennifer, and Courtney.
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Newhart is seen seated in a scene from the 1982 TV comedy “Newhart.” He played Dick Loudon, a Vermont innkeeper trying to stay sane while surrounded by ridiculous locals.
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Newhart poses with his co-stars from the sitcom “Bob,” which aired in 1992 and 1993.
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Newhart co-starred with Will Ferrell in a scene in the 2003 comedy film “Elf.”
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Newhart sits next to a bronze statue of Bob Hartley, his character from the sitcom “The Bob Newhart Show,” at a 2004 unveiling in Chicago.
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Newhart appeared onstage with Conan O’Brien at the 2006 Primetime Emmy Awards.
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Newhart (right) appears in a 2013 episode of “The Big Bang Theory” alongside Johnny Galecki (center) and Bill Nighy.
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Newhart poses with his Emmy Award in 2013. He won for Outstanding Guest Actor in a Comedy Series for his role on The Big Bang Theory.
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Newhart arrives at the Emmy Awards in 2016.
She added that working with Newhart on “The Big Bang Theory” was “a dream come true. He was naturally professional, down-to-earth, funny and incredibly personable. Working with Bob was like working with a true comedy legend who we no longer see. I will truly miss him!”
Newhart was also honored by film director Paul Feig, who starred in his 1988 TV series “Newhart.”
“We have lost another comedy legend. I had the honor of guest starring on Newhart and getting to hear the great Bob Newhart make us all laugh for a week,” Feig said. I wrote to X“A brilliant stand-up comedian and actor, he was truly one of a kind.”
CBS, which aired two of Newhart’s hit sitcoms, is reportedly planning to air a special on July 22 in honour of the late star. The Hollywood Reporter.
