Richard Lewis, comedian and 'Curb Your Enthusiasm' star, dies at 76

LOS ANGELES -- Richard Lewis, the beloved standup comedian and histrion whose agelong vocation precocious included a high-profile stint connected the HBO bid "Curb Your Enthusiasm," has died, his spokesperson confirmed Wednesday. He was 76.

Lewis "passed distant peacefully astatine his location successful Los Angeles past nighttime aft suffering a bosom attack," according to his publicist Jeff Abraham.

In April of 2023, Lewis revealed that helium had been surviving with Parkinson's disease.

"His wife, Joyce Lapinsky, acknowledgment everyone for each the love, relationship and enactment and asks for privateness astatine this time," the comedian's nationalist relations steadfast said successful a statement.

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