NEW YORK — Richard Lewis, an acclaimed comedian known for exploring his neuroses in frantic, stream-of-consciousness diatribes while dressed in all-black, leading to his nickname “The Prince of Pa...
Posted February 28, 2024 3:15 pmRichard Lewis, a comedian known for his neurotic, stream-of-consciousness act and role in ‘Curb Your Enthusiasm,” has died. He was 76.NEW YORK — Richard Lewis, an acclaimed comedian known for exploring his neuroses in frantic, stream-of-consciousness diatribes while dressed in all-black, leading to his nickname “The Prince of Pain,” has died. He was 76.
“I'm paranoid about everything in my life. Even at home. On my stationary bike, I have a rearview mirror, which I'm not thrilled about,” he once joked onstage. To Jimmy Kimmel he said: “This morning, I tried to go to bed. I couldn't sleep. I counted sheep but I only had six of them and they all had hip replacements.”
Following his graduation from The Ohio State University in 1969, the New York-born Lewis began a stand-up career, honing his craft on the circuit with other contemporaries also just starting out like Jay Leno, Freddie Prinze and Billy Crystal. Comedian Richard Lewis introduced himself to a new generation opposite Larry David in HBO's “Curb Your Enthusiasm,” kvetching regularly.“I take great pains not to be mean-spirited,” Lewis told The Palm Beach Post in 2007. “I don't like to take real handicaps that people have to overcome with no hope in sight. I steer clear of that. That's not funny to me. Tragedy is funny to other humorists, but it's not to me, unless you can make a point that's helpful.
Lewis told GQ his signature look came incidentally, saying his obsession with dressing in black came from watching the television Western “Have Gun — Will Travel,” with a cowboy in all-black, when he was a kid. He also popularized the term “from hell” — as in “the date from hell” or “the job from hell.”
Lewis was the youngest of three siblings — his brother was older than him by six years, and his sister by nine. His father died young and his mother had emotional problems. “She didn't get me at all. I owe my career to my mother. I should have given her my agent's commission,” he told The Washington Post in 2020.
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