According to his publicist, comedian Louie Anderson has died. He was 68 years old. The TV star and longtime standup talent had been in a Las Vegas hospital battling an aggressive form of blood cancer.
As we reported earlier this week, his health was on a steep decline. Related: Jodie Sweetin Reflects On ‘Full House’ Star Bob Saget’s Sad Death The former Family Feud host was resting comfortably in the hospital earlier this week according to his spokesperson, Glenn Schwartz.
The celeb’s rep had said at the time: Sadly, per TMZ, Schwartz revealed that the comedian finally lost his battle with the aggressive disease on Friday morning.
The Baskets star had previously been diagnosed with diffuse large B-cell lymphoma, the most common type of non-Hodgkin lymphoma in the world.
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