Vale: Louie Anderson
Comedian and actor, best known for Baskets, has died.
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Comedian and actor Louie Anderson, best known for Baskets, has died aged 68.
He died on Friday in Las Vegas after battling cancer, his publicist confirmed.
Anderson broke through as a comedian in 1984 when he performed a set on The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson and appeared in movies such as Ferris Bueller’s Day Off and Coming to America.
He produced, created and starred in the animated series Life With Louie from 1995-1998.
Baskets ran from 2016 ran until 2019, starring co-creator Zach Galifianakis as professional clown Chip Baskets, who worked in the local rodeo. Anderson portrayed Chip’s overbearing mother Christine in all four seasons of the show, and he received an Emmy for outstanding supporting actor.
He also appeared in Coming 2 America and Search Party.
Source: Variety
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This is very sad. His old school gentle humour was refreshing.
Louie is interviewed about his role in the ‘Coming To America’ episode of ‘The Movies That Made Us’ (Netflix). He tells a terrific story about being poor and out of work, but saw Eddie Murphy at his entourage come into the restaurant he was dining in. He anonymously picked up the tab but it did lead him to getting the role. “Best $600 I ever spent”.
RIP
Wonder if he’s washing lettuce in heaven and moving to fries soon