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Dick Capri Dies: Comedian & Broadway Actor Was 93


After spending Christmas with his family, Dick Capri died in his sleep of a bleeding enlarged aorta on Thursday morning.

After spending his final Christmas with his family, Capri succumbed to a bleeding enlarged aorta, dying in his sleep in the early hours of Thursday, Dec. 26 in Florida. “The world is not as funny today as it was yesterday,” the comedian’s son Jeff told TMZ, explaining that his father knew his time was limited as the aorta was deemed inoperable due to his age. Working with the likes of Frank Sinatra, Liza Minelli and Tom Jones, Dick performed comedy for Presidents Gerald Ford and George Bush.

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