Before Comedy Central's celebrity roasts, before American Idol's Simon Cowell, before Triumph The Insult Comic Dog, one man abused people on TV and in clubs like no other. (SOUNDBITE OF ARCHIVED ...

Here, ladies and gentlemen, is Bob Newhart: “Somebody called me up and they said, ‘Look, Don Rickles is looking for a best friend … and none of us wanna do it. Would you?’ “They said, ‘A year at the ...

Comedian Don Rickles has died at age 90. Paul Shefrin, his longtime publicist and friend, said Rickles died Thursday of kidney failure at his Los Angeles home. He would have turned 91 on May 8. For ...

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In this March 7, 2010 file photo, Don Rickles arrives at the Vanity Fair Oscar party in West Hollywood, Calif. AP photo The National Comedy Center, the United States’ official cultural institution ...

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Comedy legend Don Rickles got fed up with Martin Scorsese during filming of “Casino” 30 years ago, the Oscar-winning director revealed. Before a Tribeca Film Festival screening Thursday at the Beacon ...

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Don Rickles, the legendary comic, actor and honorary Rat Pack member, died Thursday morning at his home in Los Angeles from kidney failure, according to his longtime publicist Paul Shefrin. He was 90.