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Jimmy Kimmel honors late Bob Newhart at Emmys: 'One of our most loved and funniest people'

Jimmy Kimmel paid a heartfelt tribute to the late Bob Newhart at the 2024 Emmys, calling him 'one of our most loved and funniest people.'

In one famous scene from The Bob Newhart Show, which ran for six seasons starting in 1972, the comic's Robert Hartley character asks a man to step outside for a fight and then immediately closes the door on the guy in a classic comedy bit that has since been replicated countless times. It was this particular clip that Kimmel recirculated on social media when Newhart died at 94 in July, after a series of short illnesses. Kimmel previously hosted the Emmys ceremony three times, though Sunday saw Schitt's Creek stars and father-son duo Eugene and Dan Levy with the gig.

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