The world misplaced one in every of its funniest voices on Feb. 27, as Richard Lewis died in his house following a coronary heart assault.
The comic, best-known for his function on the hit collection Curb Your Enthusiasm and movies resembling Robin Hood: Males in Tights, loved a profitable profession spanning greater than 50 years. His neurotic, self-deprecating model of comedy received followers throughout the globe, whereas additionally influencing many comedians who adopted in his footsteps. In the meantime, the openness with which Lewis shared his battles with drug and alcohol abuse impacted lots of his costars, together with Jamie Lee Curtis who credited Lewis with serving to her get sober.
As information of the comic’s passing grew to become public, many musicians took to social media to pay their respects.
“So unhappy to listen to the passing of Richard Lewis,” wrote Kiss frontman Paul Stanley. “Richard was an excellent comic, comedian actor, and a heat soul. Over time our paths crossed, and I used to be all the time excited to obtain his texts. No extra ache Richard. Relaxation now. My condolences to his spouse Joyce.”
Weapons N’ Roses guitarist Slash described Lewis as “one in every of my favourite folks on the planet.” “Terribly unhappy information,” the rocker proclaimed. “He was a brilliantly humorous, candy man. I’ll miss him so much. RIP.”
Peter Frampton shared the same sentiment in his assertion honoring the comic. “I simply heard we’ve misplaced the nice and great Richard Lewis. We’ve been buddies for over 30 years,” Frampton defined. “I’ll actually miss you my buddy. I really like you Richard Lewis.”
These messages, in addition to tributes from Ringo Starr, Dave Davies and Vernon Reid could be discovered under.
