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05May2009

Dom DeLuise (1933 - 2009)

DateTuesday, May 5, 2009 at 11:17AM
Comic actor Dom DeLuise has passed away at the age of 75, CNN reports. DeLuise, best known for his work with Mel Brooks through the 1970s and 80s and for his appearances in the Cannonball Run movies, had been battling cancer in the past year.

Though DeLuise was not in the spotlight much in the past 20 years, beginning in the early 1960s, DeLuise was constantly working in television, theater, and film for a long stretch, primarily as comedic relief, but throwing in th occasional dramatic turn, as well, like his 1980 film, Fatso.

He appeared on Dean Martin's variety show in the 1960s, which turned into an opportunity to star in a 1973 sitcom called Lotsa Luck. His work with Brooks included Blazing Saddles, Silent Movie, History of the World Part I, The Twelve Chairs, Robin Hood: Men in Tights, and as the voice of Pizza the Hutt in Spaceballs.

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