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Edward Regan Murphy (born April 3, 1961) is an American actor, comedian, and singer.

Murphy was a regular cast member on Saturday Night Live from 1980 to 1984. He has worked as a stand-up comedian and was ranked No. 10 on Comedy Central's list of the 100 Greatest Stand-ups of All Time.

In films, Murphy has received Golden Globe Award nominations for his performances in 48 Hrs., the Beverly Hills Cop series, Trading Places, The Nutty Professor, and Dolemite Is My Name. In 2007, he won the Golden Globe for Best Supporting Actor and received a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his portrayal of soul singer James "Thunder" Early in Dreamgirls.

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Louie Anderson Dies: Comedian & Emmy Winner Was 68

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Comedian, game show host and three-time Emmy winner Louie Anderson has died at the age of 68.The Baskets star passed away in Las Vegas Friday morning, where he had entered hospital earlier this week for treatment of diffuse large B cell lymphoma, a form of cancer, his longtime publicist Glenn Schwartz told Deadline.A constant presence on stage and screen since the mid-1980s, Anderson won the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series in 2016 for his role as Christine Baskets, the mother of the Zach Galifianakis portrayed Chip and Dale on the FX series.

The actor was actually nominated in the category over three consecutive years starting in 2016 for his Baskets performance. Anderson also won two Daytime Emmys for Outstanding Performer In An Animated Program for Fox’s Life with Louie in 1997 and 1998.According to Schwartz, Anderson, one of 11 children, was a counselor to troubled children before launching his comedy career with a first­-place trophy at the 1981 Midwest Comedy Competition.

Henny Youngman, who hosted the competition, hired him as a writer.Making his late night debut on November 20, 1984 in front of Johnny Carson on The Tonight Show, the actor had half a dozen solo stand-up specials over the years, most recently 2018’s Louie Anderson: Big UnderwearA native of Saint Paul, Minnesota, Anderson appeared in 1988’s Eddie Murphy-led Coming to America and its 2021 sequel, among his big screen roles.

The ICM Partners repped actor reprised his Maurice performance for two episodes of the Lena Waithe-created Twenties on BET in 2020.

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