The Big Bang Theory actor Bob Newhart passes away at 94

Publicist Jerry Digney reports that following many brief hospitalizations, actor Newhart passed away in Los Angeles on Thursday.
Bob Newhart

MUMBAI: Bob Newhart, the sardonic accountant-turned-comedian who shot to fame with a timeless comedy CD, passed away at the age of 94. He was one of the most well-liked TV personalities of his generation. Publicist Jerry Digney reports that following many brief hospitalizations, actor Newhart passed away in Los Angeles on Thursday. In the late 1950s, Newhart began his career as a stand-up comedian.

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He was most known for being the lead character in two successful television series in the 1970s and 1980s. In 1960, his performance was recorded on vinyl as The Button-Down Mind of Bob Newhart, which went on to win the Grammy Award for album of the year. This led to his widespread popularity.

In 1964, Newhart wed Virginia Quinn, also referred to as Ginny by her friends, and they stayed together until her passing in 2023. Courtney, Jennifer, Timothy, Robert, and Jennifer were their four children. As a regular guest of Johnny Carson, Newhart liked to make fun of the three-time divorced host of "Tonight," suggesting that not all comedians were able to maintain long-term relationships. Don Rickles, a fellow comic and family man, with rowdy insult humor that contrasted notably with Newhart's deadpan understatement, with whom he was particularly close.

After his fourth sitcom concluded, Newhart kept making appearances on television on occasion and promised in 2003 to keep working as long as he could.

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Newhart had previously said, “It's been so much, 43 years of my life; (to quit) would be like something was missing.”

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