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Richard Lewis' wife Joyce Lapinsky thanks late comedian's fans for 'loving tributes' after his death at 76 from a heart attack: 'He would be beyond thrilled and so touched'
The wife of the late comedian Richard Lewis shared her appreciation for his fans' numerous 'loving tributes' in a social media post from Thursday.
Joyce Lapinsky (R), the wife of the late Richard Lewis, shared a message to his fans on his X account on Thursday following his death at 76 from a heart attack; seen in 2018 in LA Although fans of Lewis' sketch comedy or his dozens of appearances on Curb Your Enthusiasm were likely familiar with his jokes about his romantic life and his fear of intimacy, he was in a relationship with or married to Lapinsky for much of that time. In a 2010 interview with Paul Freeman, Lewis revealed that a mutual friend had tried to set the two up years earlier when he was starring with Jamie Lee Curtis on the sitcom Anything But Love, but Lapinsky had turned them down because she thought he was 'crazy' at the time.
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