Actor Dom DeLuise Dies at 75

[onehandle]

Source: KTLA

LOS ANGELES -- Actor, comedian and chef Dom DeLuise has died, it was reported today.

TMZ is reporting that DeLuise died Monday night at a Los Angeles hospital.

He passed away peacefully in his sleep around 6 p.m., according to the website.

DeLuise was nominated for a Golden Globe and starred in classics such as "The Cannonball Run" and "Spaceballs."

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[SacredCow]

http://www.tmz.com/2009/05/05/dom-deluise-dies/

[BlooInBloo]

1. RIP, funny man. You made me laugh.

[SacredCow]

2. Truly a funny guy....

My favorite (of course):


Buddy Bizarre: WRONG!

Buddy Bizarre: Watch me! It's so simple! Give me the playback! Watch me, faggots!

[Starbucks Anarchist]

7. I didn't even realize that was him.

RIP.

[gratuitous]

8. NOT IN THE FACE!

{Pickens gut-punches DeLuise}

DeLuise: Thank you. {Staggers, falls}

Dancer: They hit Buddy! Get 'em girls!

{Followed by one of the funniest goddam fight scenes ever captured on celluloid}

[Gidney N Cloyd]

11. "Yessssssssssssssss." nt

[sarge43]

26. In happy memory

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JMK6lzmSk2o

[alfredo]

69. And from "Sherlock Holmes Smarter Brother."

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NSoOSfeIvx8&feature=related

[bigscott]

53. funniest movie EVER

what a hysterical man - RIP

[AndyA]

3. What a funny, entertaining guy.

I loved him in The Glass Bottom Boat with Doris Day. He played a secret agent.

His son was one of the students in 3rd Rock from the Sun and has done a few other things as well. He looks a bit like his father, too.

RIP, Dom. And thanks for the laughs you left behind for us.

(Edit: spelling.)

[meegbear]

4. RIP DD

:cry:

[Dogmudgeon]

5. I'm going to overeat and then fall into a hot tub in his honor

:cry:

--d!

[Tuesday Afternoon]

6. My condoloences to his family. May he rest in peace.

Good bye Dom. You will be missed.

[Booster]

9. Thanks for the laughs, Dom. RIP

:cry:

[Dappleganger]

10. RIP, will really miss him.

He was funny and raised some great kids, too.

[slackmaster]

12. NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!

:argh:

[myrna minx]

13. RIP Dom.

[CTyankee]

14. A while back I was wondering what happened to him. I remember him doing a commercial

for plastic freezer bags where he delicately put fresh whole strawberries in the bag to use after strawberry season is over. I remember how lovingly he looked at those strawberries...

[Botany]

15. From the greatest movie ever ...... Blazing Saddles "The French Mistake"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JMK6lzmSk2o

Throw out your hands ..... give 'em a look .... hands on your hips give it a push

[sarge43]

16. RIP and thanks for all the laughs.

I think I'll play The Secret of NIHM for Jeremy, "Ooooooo, sparkly!" and Blazing Saddles, "Doing the French Mistake".

[comtec]

17. *cries* R.I.P. Dom :(

:cry:
I have always loved his work.
As he got older he did a lot of stuff that kids can watch.
he's always come off as gentle, and great to be around.

His son peter was a major char. on 21 Jump Street (remember that?:) )
and went on to be a great director, doing a lot of Stargate SG1, and I think SG Atlantis, as well as other shows.

Dom leave behind a great legacy, in himself and his kids.

I'm greatly saddened by this news, but glad that he was.
he brought so many people laughs, he will be missed.

Another one of the great comedic generation lost =[

[cosmicone]

18. He must have broken some record

Highest Index of Age in Years X Weight in Pounds

People as obese as him usually don't live that long.

Good for him -- he always made me laugh. RIP

[romantico]

23. He could walk into a room

and I would burst out laughing. So sad!


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VkKMjDhCJ70

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B_kvgD_Mv-M&feature=

[MADem]

27. Not necessarily. He's probably fell into the "obesity paradox."

http://health.howstuffworks.com/obesity-paradox.htm Interesting research--a little meat on the bones doesn't hurt when you go under the knife.

I know people fatter than him who are older than him. Hale and hearty, too.

Luciano Pavorotti was a year older than he was when he died--and if he hadn't gotten pancreatic cancer he probably would still be alive.

[nichomachus]

45. I knew three people

unrelated who were in tip-top shape, watched what they ate, exercised regularly, jogged, low body fat, the whole nine yards -- all dropped dead in their 30s. One I went to school with, one I worked with, and one was my next-door neighbor. So, go figure.

[alfredo]

81. No guarantees.

[sinkingfeeling]

19. RIP. It just dawned on me Sunday night that the guy, David DeLuise, on the Wizards of

Waverly Place, was his son.

[sybylla]

20. Tonight it will be History of the World, Part 1 and Blazing Saddles

In his honor.

He was the nicest, average-Joe funny man I ever saw. When he did interviews, he just always seemed to have his feet on the ground and all his shit together.

RIP Dom

[Tesha]

38. "Is he talking about me?" (NT)

[otohara]

21. RIP Funny Guy

Say hi to Bernie Mac

[harmonicon]

22. awe, that's sad

He brought so much joy into people's lives.

[hlthe2b]

24. Ahh... hate to lose a comedian.... We need them now for sure..

RIP Mr.DeLuise.... I enjoyed you.

[HopeHoops]

25. Tuesday morning bummer.

:cry: :cry: :cry: :cry: :cry: :cry: :cry:

[Javaman]

28. Captain Kaos!!!

Oh man, I loved his comedy! Loved him in the movies "Fatso", "The World's Greatest Lover", "Silent Movie", "The Twelve Chairs" and of course the "Cannonball Run" films.

A brilliantly funny actor. He will be greatly missed.

[Mad_Dem_X]

29. RIP. Thank you for the laughs.

:cry:

[Ohio Joe]

30. RIP - nt

[lazyriver]

31. If there is an afterlife...

it just got a whole hell of a lot funnier.

RIP Dom and thanks for more laughs than I can count.

[alfredo]

70. Him and Marty Feldman will keep them laughing.

Marty Feldman

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GlPAVm8Gl6M

[sarge43]

77. Thanks for posting that, alfredo.

The Beast in the Basket - one of the best routines ever put on tape.

Marty and Dom must have the angels busting gut right now.

[alfredo]

80. They were two of my favorite comedians.

[Stinky The Clown]

32. Rest well, Dom

You made generations laugh.

You were a very special man.




His best movie, in my view:

[pleah]

33. Sad to see him go.

:-(

[Froward69]

34. My favorite is still "Fatso"

Love that movie.

[emmadoggy]

35. Oh no! I loved watching him.

Rest in peace, Dom. :-(

[hangman86]

36. PIZZA-THE-HUT!

:rofl: :spray: That scene from "Spaceballs" had me disturbing the peace with laughter when I was a kid. His roles in Mel's films were always hilarious, whether big or small. You will be missed Mr. DeLuise.

[Jennicut]

46. Yes. I loved that movie as a kid.

RIP Dom. The world is less funny without you.

[IndianaGreen]

37. RIP Dom!

He made me laugh! :-(

[DainBramaged]

39. Shit

:cry:

[underpants]

40. Da DAAAAAAA! Captain Chaos

Cannonball Run

You could tell they just a blast making that movie

[Newkophile]

41. A Mel Brooks underrated comic masterpiece.....

Check out "The Twelve Chairs", made after "The Producers" and before all the other Brooks' films named in this thread. Very funny film featuring Frank Langella, Ron Moody and a wonderful Dom DeLuise. It's great!

[nichomachus]

43. Fantastic film -- true masterpiece that went right to cult

One problem it had is that it is chock full of very subtle humor and lots of subtle sight gags -- consequently it went over the heads of a majority of Americans.

[liberal N proud]

42. He made everything funny

RIP

[Beacool]

44. Dom DeLuise too?

First Bea Arthur and now Dom.......

May they both rest in peace.

:(

[edbermac]

47. Did a funny Godfather bit in Mel's Robin Hood.

Also very funny as a mental patient in The End. RIP

[dugaresa]

60. The End - i loved that movie

[FailureToCommunicate]

68. Loved his part in that one! "You never come see me in Jersey..."

[mr1956]

48. RIP

Classic comedy never goes out of style. Just thinking of him makes me smile.

[JitterbugPerfume]

49. thanks Dom

you made me laugh so many times

[HughBeaumont]

50. His "Cannonball Run" movies were comedy gold.

R.I.P.

[Lithos]

51. Haunted Honeymoon is my wife's favorite movie

And he was one of the reasons why.

L-

[Hugin]

52. Aww... Man.

Thanks for the Laughs. :(

[BEZERKO]

54. I thought he was great, one of my favorites was him in a battle with a coke machine!

I tried to find a clip of it on Youtube, but this preview was the best I could do.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2YxEnXEkUb8&eurl=http%3A%2F%2Fvideo%2Egoogle%2Ecom%2Fvideosearch%3Fq%3D%2522silent%2Bmovie%252C%2522%2B%2522coke%2Bmachine%2522%26hl%3Den%26emb%3D0%26aq%3D&feature=player_embedded

[LeftinOH]

55. "They hit Buddy!!..Come on, girls!".....

[marauding liberal]

56. RIP, Dom, doin' the French mistake . . .

[mt13]

57. ;-(

very sad, I loved Dom DeLuise.

His sister could roll a piece of salami so tight you could pick your teeth with it!

[onehandle]

58. Better story link that was not available when I started this thread --------->

Dom DeLuise, actor, comedian and chef, dies

snip...

The actor also appeared frequently in films opposite his friend Burt Reynolds. Among them, "The End," "The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas," 'Smokey and the Bandit II," "The Cannonball Run" and "Cannonball Run II."

Reynolds fondly recalled DeLuise in a statement issued by his publicist. "I was thinking about this the other day," Reynolds said. "As you get older and start to lose people you love, you think about it more and I was dreading this moment. Dom always made you feel better when he was around and there will never be another like him. I never heard him say an unkind word about anyone. I will miss him very much."

Another actor-friend, Dean Martin, admired his comic abilities so much that he cast DeLuise as a regular on his 1960s comedy-variety show. In 1973, he starred in a situation comedy, "Lotsa Luck," but it proved to be short-lived.

Other TV credits included appearances on such shows as "The Munsters," "The Girl From U.N.C.L.E.," "Burke's Law," "Sabrina the Teenage Witch" and "Diagnosis Murder." On Broadway, DeLuise appeared in Neil Simon's "Last of the Red Hot Lovers" and other plays.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090505/ap_on_en_mo/us_obit_deluise

[Hugin]

59. Thanks for the update.

Yeah, this one has far more detail.

[liberalitch]

61. What was the movie in which he and other "undercover cops"....

Set up a pawn shop sting..... very funny.

[HillWilliam]

62. Rest well, Dom

You gave us so many great-big laughs.

:cry: :cry:

[progressoid]

63. Dom on the Muppet Show.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=88JqfsvDNmA

[Vidar]

64. RIP Dom.

[The Blue Flower]

65. The Twelve Chairs

"Oh, God--you're so STRICT!!!"

[bethdoc]

66. "Treasure Bath!" (n/t)

[kskiska]

67. Paul Prudhomme look-alike

[avaistheone1]

82. I always thought they looked alike too.

RIP Dom.

[glinda]

71. He seemed so kind and brilliant. I am bummed.

[MurrayDelph]

72. Two of my all-time favorite lines were from Dom DeLuise

in the movie "The End," where Burt Reynolds tries to commit suicide to avoid a slow, painful, fatal disease, and ends up in a mental institution where he meets Marlon Barunki (DeLuise), a fellow patient, who decides to make it his life's work to help Sonny (Reynolds) commit suicide.

As one of his attempts, he suggests Sonny jump out the window, and the fall will kill him. Sonny refuses, claiming it's not high-enough, and would only result in more pain, and his whole reason for wanting suicide is to avoid the pain. Marlon argues that it IS high enough and that Sonny is just being a coward. Marlon decides that Sonny needs a push, so he gets a running start. Sonny, not paying attention, moves out of the way just as Marlon gets to the window. Marlon flops out the window. Next scene: Marlon in on his back in a Dom-DeLuise shaped depression in the grass below, and just before he passes out, he manages to groan, "You're right, Sonny. It's not high-enough!"

(This is the story I relate anytime someone mentions Bungee jumping).

The other quote, from soon afterward in the movie, is when Reynolds escapes, and DeLuise reacts to the phrase he (DeLuise) has just uttered:

"That man's nuts: grab 'im!"

[DrZeeLit]

73. Sweet, delightful man who always made me laugh. Thank you, Dom. Hope you knew we loved you.

[NuttyFluffers]

74. aw, loved him!

:cry:
you go to my happy place in the sky.
O8)

[Bombero1956]

75. outtakes from Cannonball Run

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WvHTeNThAo0

He could not stop laughing.

[martymar64]

76. I met him once. A very nice person. RIP

O8)

[Skittles]

78. aw

:cry:

awesomely entertaining guy

[bitchkitty]

79. One of the funniest men in the world...

Rest in peace, Mr. DeLuise. You gave me so much laughter!