In Passing... Harvey Korman
Famed TV personality Harvey Korman passed away yesterday at the UCLA Medical Center in California from complications from the rupture of an abdominal aortic aneurysm. Korman was a talented comedic actor, appearing in several TV shows and movies with his beginning as the voice of the Great Gazoo for the cartoon "The Flintstones." He would later go on to team up with Mel Brooks and play characters such as Hedley Lamarr ("Blazing Saddles"), Dr. Charles Montague ("High Anxiety"), Count de Monet ("History of the World, Part I), and Dr. Jack Seward ("Dracula: Dead and Loving It"). His real notoriety, however, came from being a character actor on, "The Carol Burnett Show" (1967-1978).
For more information, check out his entertainment resume at IMDB.com:
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0466327/
"Count de Money!" "It's COUNT DE MONET!" -"History of the World, Part I"
Best wishes to the family,
-Chas
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Very nice write up, thanks!!!!!!!!!!!