# Richard Lewis dies at 76 (2/28/2024) **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** celebrity-death\ **Created:** [February 28, 2024, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/richard-lewis-dies-at-76-2-28-2024/998251 "2024-02-28T20:49:46Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![bobot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bobot/32/21622_2.png) [@bobot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bobot)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2024, 12:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/richard-lewis-dies-at-76-2-28-2024/998251/21 "2024-03-02T00:24:15Z")
22 minutes from Dave: [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/hKqCf2ADRyA/maxresdefault.jpg "The Best of Richard Lewis | Letterman") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hKqCf2ADRyA) ---
**Author:** ![Snarky\_Kong](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a183cd/32.png) [@Snarky\_Kong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snarky_Kong)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2024, 9:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/richard-lewis-dies-at-76-2-28-2024/998251/22 "2024-03-02T21:16:45Z")
As an occasional Curb watcher, that’s too bad, but unsurprising. He looked 90, not mid 70s. ---
**Author:** ![Snooooopy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ee7513/32.png) [@Snooooopy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snooooopy)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2024, 6:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/richard-lewis-dies-at-76-2-28-2024/998251/23 "2024-03-04T06:39:25Z")
I remember thinking that his standup stuff was pretty funny back in the day. And I quite liked _Anything but Love_ as well, although I headed off the college halfway through its run, and that kind of got in the way of keeping up with it, so I moved on. ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2024, 3:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/richard-lewis-dies-at-76-2-28-2024/998251/24 "2024-03-04T15:55:07Z")
I was paying extra attention to _Curb Your Enthusiasm_ last night because Richard Lewis was in the episode. I was surprised how gaunt and, frankly, old he looked. In my memory, he’s younger and healthier. ---
**Author:** ![wguy123](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wguy123/32/3161_2.png) [@wguy123](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wguy123)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2024, 4:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/richard-lewis-dies-at-76-2-28-2024/998251/25 "2024-03-04T16:19:48Z")
> [@Fair\_Rarity](#): > > On one of the more recent Curb episodes, he and Larry were yelling at each other about being in each other’s wills and being each other’s heirs. We love Curb and just watched this episode over the weekend. That one hurt! > [@Dewey\_Finn](#): > > I was surprised how gaunt and, frankly, old he looked. I think the Parkinsons did a number on him as he did age rapidly over the last couple years. Of course, neither of my parents have Parkinsons and they both aged rapidly in the later 70s. They went from my older parents, to my old parents in a short period of time. Same with my inlaws. On the other hand, Larry David still looks like the same Larry David. The rest of the cast are all aging. ---
**Author:** ![Push\_You\_Down](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/push_you_down/32/9095_2.png) [@Push\_You\_Down](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Push_You_Down)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2024, 5:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/richard-lewis-dies-at-76-2-28-2024/998251/26 "2024-03-04T17:16:48Z")
> [@Miller](#): > > > [@Exapno\_Mapcase](#): > > > > We’re heading for an era of obituaries on 80s comedians. It will be sad. > > I actually thought Richard Lewis had died last year, but I was confusing him with Richard Belzer. Both were in one of my favorite movies as a kid - The Wrong Guys. Starred some classic 70s/80s comedians playing versions of themselves going on a camping trip.Louis Anderson (also passed) was the lead. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/richard-lewis-dies-at-76-2-28-2024/998251.md?page=1)