RIP Tim Conway -- death always comes in threes - Peggy Lipton, Doris Day and now TIm Conway

[kimbutgar]

Loved him on the Carol Burnett show.

[hlthe2b]

1. Aww, damn.

Our aging celebrities of that era are leaving us and we aren't ready!

[livetohike]

2. RIP Mr. Conway and thanks for all of the laughs. He was

a great comedian .

[spooky3]

3. He was funny on Married With Children, too. RIP.

[GoCubsGo]

4. We knew this was coming, but it still hurts to hear it.

He was my favorite cast member on anything he was in.

[lpbk2713]

5. I liked him in McHale's Navy

May he RIP

[Dave Starsky]

23. I liked him in EVERYTHING he was in.

He was an improv genius.

I met him once at a hardware store in Glendale, CA. Very nice man.

RIP, Mr. Conway.

[FakeNoose]

6. Oh no! R.I.P. Tim Conway

You will always be remembered as a funny, funny guy!

[VOX]

7. The dentist sketch is one of the funniest bits in the universe.

Doesn’t matter how many times one has seen it, it never fails to deliver. Deserves to be called “classic.”

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

17. Mrs. Wiggins was another funny sketch they did

[VOX]

20. Priceless. It's a type of humor that we don't see much anymore.

Seeing those same gifted folks, year-in, year-out, do their stuff. While it wasn’t biting, topical humor, it did have a friendly surrealism running through it, presented by this familiar “troupe.”

The Mrs. Wiggins/Mr. Tudball sketches are exemplary. Crazy-funny, tear-inducing, with an infectious silliness that approached a state of grace.

[FakeNoose]

22. Carol Burnett is equal to him - they played off each other so well

Love this sketch!

[llmart]

41. That skit is still the funniest damned thing I've ever seen.

I've seen it many times and I still crack up watching it. I grew up watching the Carol Burnett show and loved it, but he was by far the funniest.

This is what happens when you get older. People you know and people you used to watch on TV die every day. It really is a rude awakening.

Thanks, Tim for all the laughs you brought my way.

RIP

[lunatica]

8. I loved him! I thought he was one of the funniest people on the planet!

Rest In Peace dear Tim Conway.

[malaise]

31. Ditto

He was hilarious

[brooklynite]

9. ...only if you count celebrities

151,600 people die each day

[LanternWaste]

11. That was pretty much implicit in the OP...

But I can certainly understand why you may not be able to grasp as such.

[edhopper]

10. Sad news indeed

Death does not come in threes. Any calendar of celebrity deaths for a year will show that. You just stop counting at three and start again when the next celeb dies. it is a silly superstition.

[mountain grammy]

12. Lost Lena Horne today too..

The best of the best! RIP..

[Ilsa]

13. Lena Horne? Oh no!

She was brilliant.

[WhiskeyGrinder]

14. Lena Horne died in 2010.

[Dave Starsky]

24. She didn't say she died. She said she was lost.

Every so often, her coffin goes missing. It's a real annoyance and inconvenience for her family.

[mountain grammy]

25. OMG oops.. that's what I get..creeping senility..

[proud patriot]

15. as a kid

growing up in the 70s and 80s he made me laugh more than any other.

yeah this one hits me pretty hard .. God Speed Tim RIP

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

16. Always thought he was a funny man

Originally saw him on "McHale's Navy".

[A HERETIC I AM]

18. "You sure that little asshole's finished?"

R.I.P. funny man. Go gently.
Give the universe a "Fnnnorki" for me.

[KatyMan]

34. This cracks me up everytime

Love this one! Thanks!

[A HERETIC I AM]

36. An absolute gem and what really amounted to the culmination of years....

of Conway trying to bust everyone up.

The vid of Vicki Lawrence describing the incident..."Get him"...is truly insightful.

Harvey Korman loved him to death, but I remember him saying he had a love/hate relationship with doing sketches with Tim, because he would always crack him up on live TV.

He was a unique talent and possessed an incredible comic mind.

[KatyMan]

38. Very true

Improv like that is a gift ( that requires thought and planning of course!).

[loyalsister]

35. That is one of the best things I ever saw on TV

It never gets old.

[A HERETIC I AM]

37. Indeed.

You just KNEW something silly was going to happen!

[loyalsister]

40. Watching them try to contain themselves and waiting for them to lose it was the best

I doubt there will be anything this organic and genuine in entertainment again.

[mn9driver]

19. Sad. I got to work with him once, long ago.

It was 1965 in Cleveland and my dad, an advertising guy, needed a young voice actor to play opposite Tim in a local radio commercial. They were both young guys whose careers hadn’t really fully developed yet. I got the part. We worked for about 3 hours to make a 30 second spot. I made $30.

He was really nice and kept me relaxed and entertained the whole time. We had ice cream during a break and I remember a lot of laughing. It wasn’t work for him, it was play. I’ll never forget it.

My dad passed two months ago, and now Tim.

[kimbutgar]

21. Wow great story thanks for sharing.

Tim Conway always seemed like a good guy in real life.

[FailureToCommunicate]

30. What a great memory to cherish, of both Tim and your dad.

[samnsara]

26. i forgot about peggy lipton

[woodsprite]

27. Crap! I forgot about Peggy Lipton.

I was thinking 'well, Trump is kind of a celebrity...." He's old, doesn't take care of himself, and must be under tremendous stress.

[iluvtennis]

28. One of my Auntees used to always say the the stars go in 3's. Wow, Rest in Peace Tim Conway

[VOX]

29. Decades ago, I was a guest at Santa Anita racetrack's VIP Turf Club...

With a group of colleagues, as a thank-you for some programming work we did with then-state senator Diane Watson.

Sitting right next to us were Tim Conway and Richard Pryor, who were clearly obvious buddies who did this often. You’d think these two would be an odd paring— Pryor, the edgy-risky social critic, and Conway, the skilled farceur/sketch comic. Regardless of their different professional styles, they were thick as thieves in real life. While I appreciated both of them, seeing them hang out together made me regard these two gents a bit higher.

Hope they’re both sharing a laugh now as pure energy and star-matter.
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As a side-note, what’s occurred recently at Santa Anita race track is absolutely tragic, and I feel that the sport of thoroughbred horse racing should be discontinued altogether. Just my devalued nickel’s worth.

[cactusfractal]

32. Death does NOT always come in threes...

Humans just stop counting at three and start again at one when the fourth one dies.

[Brother Buzz]

33. Dorf, you will be missed

[smirkymonkey]

39. Oh no! What a loss!

So sorry to hear about all three of them. Tim Conway was hilarious. I am so sorry to hear of his passing.