Dick Martin, the comedian who along with Dan Rowan created the zany late 60s variety show Rowan and Martins Laugh-In, died Saturday, May 24th, of respiratory complications. He was 86. The duo brought to the show the characters they had developed for their nightclub comedy routines, with Martin playing a buffoon to Rowans annoyed straight man. Rowan died of cancer in 1987.
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