Axelle/Bauer-Griffin/FilmMagic Richard Lewis, one of America’s most beloved and revered stand-up comics who also played a fictionalized version of himself on HBO’s Curb Your Enthusiasm, died Tuesday night at his home in Los Angeles after suffering a heart attack. He was 76. His death was confirmed by his publicist Jeff Abraham. Lewis had been living […]
  • @ChicoSuave@lemmy.world
    3•1 year ago

    I can’t imagine doing stand up at 68 was easy and given his medical history, there was probably a good reason to quit.

    • Flying Squid
      2•1 year ago

      As a former standup comic (nowhere near his level)- whatever reason he quit was a good reason. It’s very hard work. It can be very exhausting.

      Even if his health was fine at the time, he could have just been tired of coming up with new material. Which is fine.