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Richard Lewis Remembered: Tributes For A “Brilliantly Funny” & “Very Good Man”


Friends, castmates and fans are sharing their tributes to Richard Lewis, the beloved comedian and 'Curb Your Enthusiasm' actor who died February 27 at 76.

Friends, castmates and fans are sharing their remembrances of and tributes to Richard Lewis, the beloved comedian and longtime Curb Your Enthusiasm actor who died Tuesday at 76. Lewis was part of the raft of comedianns who broke through during the 1980s and gained fame as stand-up comedy began to flood cable TV later that decade and into the ’90s. His contemporaries included Jerry Seinfeld, Paul Reiser, Ellen DeGeneres, Ray Romano, Sinbad, Gilbert Gottfried, Rita Rudner, Larry Miller, Paula Poundstone, George Wallace and many more.

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