CHICAGO — Here, ladies and gentlemen, is Bob Newhart: “Somebody called me up and they said, ‘Look, Don Rickles is looking for a best friend … and none of us wanna do it. Would you?’ “And I said, ‘How ...

“For a comic who specialized in insulting people, Don Rickles was one of the warmest and sweetest people I ever knew,” said David J. Spatz, news director at NewsTalk 1400 WOND-AM. “I considered him a ...

Don Rickles, a comedian and actor known for his abrasive humor, died Thursday from kidney failure at his Los Angeles home, according to his publicist Paul Shefrin.He was 90 years old.Known as the ...

Mr. Potato Head in Toy Story was a “doll who goes to pieces,” comedian Don Rickles shared during a 1996 appearance on The David Letterman Show. Rickles, who died in 2017 lent his signature snark to ...

Carl Reiner is mourning the loss of his longtime friend, legendary comedian Don Rickles. Rickles died of kidney failure on Thursday morning, his rep confirmed to ET. He was 90. Reiner, 95, tells ET ...

Comedian Don Rickles has died at age 90. Paul Shefrin, his longtime publicist and friend, said Rickles died Thursday of kidney failure at his Los Angeles home. He would have turned 91 on May 8. For ...

Only Don Rickles could get away with insulting Frank Sinatra: “Make yourself at home, Frank – hit somebody.” Only Don Rickles (unlike Stephen Colbert) could get laughs from a sitting president by ...

Despite Sinatra’s infamous temper, Rickles knew he could safely poke fun at the singer. He once played a joke on Sinatra that both men loved to recount. Sinatra once told Johnny Carson and The Tonight ...