Bob Newhart, an Emmy winner and nine-time nominee who helped launch the recorded comedy craze with smash albums before starring in the revered TV shows The Bob Newhart Show and Newhart, died today at his Los Angeles home.
He was 94. His longtime publicist Jerry Digney said Newhart died after a brief illness. Newhart broke out in 1960 with a pair of No.
1 comedy albums. The Button-Down Mind of Bob Newhart spent 14 weeks atop the Billboard 200 and stayed on that chart for more than two years.
The Button-Down Mind Strikes Back! arrived about 10 months later and also hit No. 1. The former won the Grammy for Album of the Year, and its follow-up won the Comedy Album Prize.
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