Comedian Bob Newhart dies at 94
Associated PressLOS ANGELES — Bob Newhart, the deadpan accountant-turned-comedian who became one of the most popular TV stars of his time after striking gold with a classic comedy album, has died at 94. AP AUDIO: Comedian Bob Newhart, deadpan master of sitcoms and telephone monologues, dies at 94 AP correspondent Haya Panjwani reports comedian Bob Newhart has died at the age of 94. “Well, see, that’s going to hurt our time to the Coast if we’ve got to land every 105 feet.” FILE - Bob Newhart, center, poses with members of the cast and crew of the “Bob Newhart Show,” from top left, Marcia Wallace, Bill Daily, Jack Riley, and, Suzanne Pleshette, foreground left, and Dick Martin at TV Land’s 35th anniversary tribute to “The Bob Newhart Show” on Sept. 5, 2007, in Beverly Hills, Calif. Newhart, the deadpan master of sitcoms and telephone monologues, died in Los Angeles on Thursday, July 18, 2024. FILE - Comedian and actor Bob Newhart poses for a portrait on July 13, 2005, in Beverly Hills, Calif. Newhart, the deadpan master of sitcoms and telephone monologues, died in Los Angeles on Thursday, July 18, 2024. Six of his routines were recorded during his two-week date, and the album, “The Button-Down Mind of Bob Newhart,” was released on April Fools’ Day 1960.