Discussion: Comedian Garry Shandling Dies At Age 66 In Los Angeles

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God I hate getting old.

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I remember when he did standup on Carson as well as guest-hosting, but never saw him on The Larry Sanders show. I thought he was very funny and his humor had a lot of heart in it. I will miss him.

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The Sanders show was brilliant satire. 66 is way too young. What the hell happened?

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Same here, but it still beats the hell out of the alternative.

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For those of you who like Larry David’s “Curb Your Enthusiasm,” but have not seen “The Larry Sanders Show,” do yourself a favor and watch it. Great cast, including Rip Torn!

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I enjoyed Garry Shandling’s humor, and more recently, his role as Hydra mole Senator Stern in Marvel’s Iron Man II and Captain America: The Winter Soldier, for which he was absolutely perfect. (Sigh), he was too young to go.

Senator Stern takes pleasure in pricking Tony with the medal he is presented.

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My Dad used to say: “Son, you know…Just about the only thing worse than getting old is the alternative.”

But he was lucky. Robust and active to the end, he died in his sleep 3 weeks before what would have been his 91st birthday.

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Only 66? Undisclosed causes? Scalia?

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He actually played that role in several of the Marvel movies and he was indeed…perfect. This is such a surprise. Doesn’t it seem like we have lost a lot of performers of this vintage in the last few months?

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This blows, stop taking our funny people away

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R.I.P., Garry. A good man gone.

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Very sad news. Why would a police officer be making the announcement?

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Unconfirmed right now, but internet is saying sudden heart attack.

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“What I want at my funeral is an actual boxing referee to do a count. And at 5, just wave it off and say, ‘He’s not getting up.’”
— Garry Shandling, on Jerry Seinfeld’s Web series “Comedians In Cars Getting Coffee”

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http://www.crackle.com/playlist/2125811/2497780

This was just released in January. Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee: Seinfeld and Shandling

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Now this is sad.
R. I. P. Gary, gonna be missin’ ya.

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[quote=“clearwater, post:2, topic:35523, full:true”]
God I hate getting old.
[/quote]When someone asks “How are ya”? My stock answer is “I’m vertical”. Makes them consider the alternative. The spooky part is Gary Shandling and I were/are the same age.

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Rest In Peace, Garry… so it goes.
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CeWRI6CWwAIunbo.jpg

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No, that character appeared in just the two movies that I mentioned, Iron Man II and Captain America: The Winter Soldier. Though I would have loved to have seen more of that character in other Marvel movies. Sadly that will never be.