Bob Newhart, the deadpan accountant-turned-comedian who became one of the most popular TV stars of his time after striking gold with a classic comedy album, has died at 94. Jerry Digney, Newhart's ...

The comedians Bob Newhart and Don Rickles—along with their wives, Ginnie Newhart and Barbara Rickles—were close friends for decades. So when the Newharts wanted to downsize from their longtime home in ...

A former accountant, he became an overnight sensation with the release of a 1960 live comedy album, then starred in a pair of fabled CBS sitcoms. By Mike Barnes Senior Editor Bob Newhart, the beloved ...

Newhart's comedy - unlike that of his good friend, caustic comedian Don Rickles - was quiet, sly and absurdist. It was never callous, and the adults at which it was aimed could comfortably watch his ...

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CHICAGO — Never, in the lively history of show business, has there been anybody like Bob Newhart and it was in Chicago that he burst onto the entertainment landscape. For more than half a century he ...

(AP) The Friars Club is honoring Don Rickles with a lifetime achievement award. The entertainers’ group said Wednesday it will celebrate the 86-year-old comedian at its annual awards ceremony at the ...