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Remembering Bob Newhart: ‘I Made People Laugh,’ Late Actor Said Before His Death at 94
When looking back on his iconic career, Bob Newhart joked that he would get into heaven after his death because he 'made people laugh,' a gift that lives on.
In 1995, Saturday Night Live guest host Bob Newhart opened the show with a bit about a security guard at New York’s Empire State Building whose first day on the job coincided with the arrival of King Kong. Born in the Chicago suburb of Oak Park, Illinois, Bob studied comedians on The Ed Sullivan Show, particularly Jack Benny, and began recording funny bits with a friend to pass the time at work. As Chicago psychologist Dr. Robert Hartley, Bob showcased his dry, deadpan humor surrounded by a recurring group of eccentric patients and bolstered by his sarcastic-but-loving wife Emily (Suzanne Pleshette).
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