# Tim Conway Dead at 85 **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** celebrity-death\ **Created:** [May 14, 2019, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tim-conway-dead-at-85/833957 "2019-05-14T16:52:07Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2019, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tim-conway-dead-at-85/833957/1 "2019-05-14T16:52:07Z")
> **[Tim Conway Of 'The Carol Burnett Show' Dead At 85](https://www.huffpost.com/entry/tim-conway-dead-dies_n_5cdaecb8e4b0f7ba48abd07a)** > > The actor was famous for cracking up his colleagues Harvey Korman and Carol Burnett. > [@](#): > > Tim Conway, who found fame on the “The Carol Burnett Show,” is dead at 85. > > Conway died at 8:45 a.m. Tuesday in Los Angeles “after a long illness,” his rep Howard Bragman told HuffPost. ---
**Author:** ![salinqmind](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3ec8ea/32.png) [@salinqmind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/salinqmind)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2019, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tim-conway-dead-at-85/833957/2 "2019-05-14T16:54:06Z")
> [@CalMeacham](#): > > [Tim Conway Of 'The Carol Burnett Show' Dead At 85 | HuffPost Entertainment](https://www.huffpost.com/entry/tim-conway-dead-dies_n_5cdaecb8e4b0f7ba48abd07a) > > [quoite]Tim Conway, who found fame on the “The Carol Burnett Show,” is dead at 85. > > Conway died at 8:45 a.m. Tuesday in Los Angeles “after a long illness,” his rep Howard Bragman told HuffPost. [/QUOTE] Oh, wow. Another of the greats, right after Doris Day, is gone . ☹ . (and yeah, Peggy Lipton, not on their level, but there you are, they seem to go in three’s) ---
**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:** [May 14, 2019, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tim-conway-dead-at-85/833957/3 "2019-05-14T16:57:45Z")
Man, that guy used to crack me up! R.I.P. ---
**Author:** ![Joey\_P](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/919ad9/32.png) [@Joey\_P](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joey_P)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2019, 4:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tim-conway-dead-at-85/833957/4 "2019-05-14T16:58:57Z")
Tim Conway, Doris Day and Peggy Lipton. That’s three, right? We should be done for a while now. ---
**Author:** ![peedin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/peedin/32/14095_2.png) [@peedin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/peedin)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2019, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tim-conway-dead-at-85/833957/5 "2019-05-14T17:00:42Z")
Oh no! This is heart breaking. ---
**Author:** ![KneadToKnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kneadtoknow/32/3999_2.png) [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2019, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tim-conway-dead-at-85/833957/6 "2019-05-14T17:00:48Z")
Well, at least Amos and Theodore are together again. RIP, Tim. Now you can crack Harvey up for eternity. ---
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2019, 5:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tim-conway-dead-at-85/833957/7 "2019-05-14T17:06:48Z")
RIP Mr. Conway; you done fucking hilarious! At least a dozen of the greatest laughs I’ve ever had came from watching his work; might be a long time before we see anyone like him again IMO. ---
**Author:** ![Joey\_P](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/919ad9/32.png) [@Joey\_P](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joey_P)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2019, 5:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tim-conway-dead-at-85/833957/8 "2019-05-14T17:07:20Z")
> [@KneadToKnow](#): > > Well, at least Amos and Theodore are together again. > > RIP, Tim. Now you can crack Harvey up for eternity. Maybe he can finally tell the whole elephant story without being interrupted by everyone laughing at him. ---
**Author:** ![somepumpkin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/7feea3/32.png) [@somepumpkin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/somepumpkin)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2019, 5:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tim-conway-dead-at-85/833957/9 "2019-05-14T17:07:31Z")
> [@bobot](#): > > Man, that guy used to crack me up! R.I.P. Indeed. A truly funny man! ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2019, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tim-conway-dead-at-85/833957/10 "2019-05-14T17:15:14Z")
No. 1 tribute: yourube post on [Siamese Elephants](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3qqE_WmagjY). If you don’t crack up while watching this, I don’t want to know you. ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2019, 5:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tim-conway-dead-at-85/833957/11 "2019-05-14T17:24:00Z")
Bring her in, Chuck. The Skip and Gruber are waiting for you. RIP. ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2019, 5:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tim-conway-dead-at-85/833957/12 "2019-05-14T17:44:28Z")
I’ll always remember his appearance on The Simpsons Variety Hour, a segment of The Simpsons Spin-off Showcase. ---
**Author:** ![Sir\_T-Cups](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ed655f/32.png) [@Sir\_T-Cups](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sir_T-Cups)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2019, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tim-conway-dead-at-85/833957/13 "2019-05-14T17:46:07Z")
IDC if this shows my age Poor Barnacle Boy, finally reunited with Mermaid Man ---
**Author:** ![BobBitchin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7ea924/32.png) [@BobBitchin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BobBitchin)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2019, 5:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tim-conway-dead-at-85/833957/14 "2019-05-14T17:47:06Z")
I can’t even begin to say what his work meant too me…what it taught me… thank you Tim. ---
**Author:** ![gytalf2000](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/ac91a4/32.png) [@gytalf2000](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gytalf2000)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2019, 5:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tim-conway-dead-at-85/833957/15 "2019-05-14T17:55:15Z")
Aw, man! I loved Tim and his great sense of humor. Sad news! ---
**Author:** ![Telemark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/telemark/32/372_2.png) [@Telemark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telemark)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2019, 6:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tim-conway-dead-at-85/833957/16 "2019-05-14T18:03:01Z")
Are you sure that little asshole’s through? RIP Mr Tudball. ---
**Author:** ![Kent\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kent_clark/32/105_2.png) [@Kent\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kent_Clark)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2019, 6:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tim-conway-dead-at-85/833957/17 "2019-05-14T18:13:16Z")
Phhhhnnnnnrrrrrp. ---
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2019, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tim-conway-dead-at-85/833957/18 "2019-05-14T18:23:55Z")
> [@Annie-Xmas](#): > > No. 1 tribute: yourube post on [Siamese Elephants](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3qqE_WmagjY). If you don’t crack up while watching this, I don’t want to know you. It is a litmus test of sorts, isn’t it? ---
**Author:** ![RickJay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bb73d2/32.png) [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2019, 6:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tim-conway-dead-at-85/833957/19 "2019-05-14T18:35:35Z")
Conway was ludicrously funny. I noted this on fAcebook just a few moments ago; he could bust up Carol Burnett, and if can make CAROL BURNETT break up, son, you’re funny. ---
**Author:** ![beowulff](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beowulff/32/542_2.png) [@beowulff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beowulff)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2019, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tim-conway-dead-at-85/833957/20 "2019-05-14T18:45:00Z")
> [@Joey\_P](#): > > Tim Conway, Doris Day and Peggy Lipton. That’s three, right? We should be done for a while now. Bob Newhart must be hiding… [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tim-conway-dead-at-85/833957.md?page=2)