RIP Harvey Korman
Comic actor Harvey Korman, famed for his roles in the Mel Brooks film “Blazing Saddles” and TV’s “The Carol Burnett Show,” died today. He was 81.
Korman died after suffering complications from the rupture of an abdominal aortic aneurysm four months ago, according to the Associated Press obituary.
From 1967-77, he was an integral and hilarious part of the cast of “The Carol Burnett Show,” along with Burnett, Vicki Lawrence and Tim Conway. He also was in his own short-lived TV show.
On the big screen his most famous part was as the conniving Hedley (“It’s not ‘Hedy,’ it’s ‘Hedley!’”) Lamar in the 1974 Western parody “Blazing Saddles.”
He also appeared in the Brooks movies “High Anxiety,” “The History of the World Part I” and “Dracula: Dead and Loving It,” along with two installments in the ”Pink Panther” franchise, 1982′s “Trail of the Pink Panther” and 1983′s “Curse of the Pink Panther.”
He is survived by his wife, Deborah Fritz; their daughters, Katherine and Laura; and two children from his previous marriage to Donna Ehlert, Maria and Christopher. Our thoughts are with them.
It’s the second obit I’ve had to post here this week – the other was Sydney Pollack’s – so it’s been a sad few days for movie fans.
To read Korman’s AP obit, click here.
To read his IMDB obit, click here.
-BAM
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