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Dick Shawn (born Richard Schulefand, December 1, 1923 – April 17, 1987) was an American actor and comedian. He played a wide variety of supporting roles and was a prolific character actor.
Comedian #DickShawn, 57, died at Scripps Memorial Hospital in La Jolla, CA after apparently suffering a #heartattack on stage during a performance at UC San ...
Comedian Dick Shawn died at Scripps Memorial Hospital in La Jolla Friday night after apparently suffering a heart attack on stage during a performance at UC San Diego.
Dick Shaw, one of the largest grape growers in Washington State and an inductee in the Legends of Washington Wine Hall of Fame, died October 27 th at his home in Richland, WA. after a brief illness. He was 84 years old.
One-of-a-kind comedian Dick Shawn was as intriguingly clever and off-the-wall as they came. As such, he proved to be rather an acquired taste on film and TV. A counterculture favorite far ahead of his time, it became a hit-and-miss effort in proper vehicles for this man's eccentric genius.
Dick Shaw, Virgil Partch and Disney background artist Brice Mack among other cartoonist friends had many notorious parties and adventures. In 1950, for a FORD TIMES magazine article, they drove in the first Mexican Road Race. Another time they put a train car on a barge and partied as they drove it to Catalina Island.
On April 17, 1987, comic actor Dick Shawn — manic, physically dexterous, unpredictable — fell to the floor during a solo performance in San Diego and never got up. At the age of 63, he had died on the job.
