Emmy-winning comedian and game show host Louie Anderson has died at the age of 68.
Anderson passed away in Las Vegas Friday morning after entering a hospital earlier this week for treatment of diffuse large B cell lymphoma.
Along with a long-running stand-up comedy career, Anderson also appeared in films like “Coming to America” and its sequel along with “Ferris Bueller’s Day Off,” “The Wrong Guys,” “Cloak & Dagger,” “Sandy Wexler,” “Mr. Wrong” and “Quicksilver”.
He led the short-lived sitcom “The Louie Show,” hosted “Family Feud,” and guested on multiple sitcoms including “Grace Under Fire,” “Chicago Hope,” “Scrubs,” “Joey,” “Drunk History,” “Young Sheldon” and “Search Party”. He also created the cartoon series “Life with Louie”.
Source: Deadline
