Dead! Fred Travalena

[Slainte]

(CNN) -- Comedian and impersonator Fred Travalena died Sunday afternoon after a seven-year battle with cancer. He was 66.

Comedian Fred Travalena had a 40-year career in show business.

Travalena -- known as "The Man of a Thousand Faces" -- died at home in Encino, California, surrounded by family, according to his publicist.

He was diagnosed with non-Hodgkin's lymphoma in 2002 and prostate cancer in 2003. Following five years' remission, the lymphoma returned in 2008.

"Since that time, he has been in and out of treatment, consisting of chemotherapy, surgery and radiation," spokesman Roger Neal said.

During Travalena's 40-year career, he entertained audiences with impressions of celebrities such as Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin and Bob Hope. He was a regular on the "Tonight Show," with Johnny Carson.

Travalena is survived by his wife of 39 years, Lois; sons Fred IV and Cory; daughter-in-law, Kelly; and a granddaughter.

Private services will be held this week, with a public memorial service to be announced later.

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Everyone always said celebs die in sixes....

[MagicHef]

Originally Posted by FAX

Which, by the way, reminds me that (according to Texe Marrs) all 6.5 billion people in the world could live comfortably in the State of Texas. I haven't counted the number of counties in Texas or calculated the number of square feet each person would have allotted to them if they were all to move to Texas, but if he says it's true, I guess it probably is.

FAX

Wikipedia says Texas is 268,820 square miles, and 2.5% water. So, if that means that 262,099.5 square miles are dry land, 6.5 billion people could live there and each have 1,124 square feet.

[alpha_omega]

RIP

I remember i used to get him and Leno confused.

[Pioli Zombie]

Dear Lord please watch over the follwing this week as they appear to vunerable
Carol Burnett
David Brenner
Bernadette Peters
Dick Van Dyke
Paul Simon
Wink Martindale
John McEnroe
Mick Fleetwood
Mary Tyler Moore
Marlo Thomas
Billy Crystal
Chevy Chase
Shirley Jones
Pat Benatar
Cindi Lauper
Bill Moyers
Jimmy Carter
Jimmie Walker
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No clue. I even looked up a picture. Don't think I've ever seen him.

[FAX]

Originally Posted by MagicHef

Wikipedia says Texas is 268,820 square miles, and 2.5% water. So, if that means that 262,099.5 square miles are dry land, 6.5 billion people could live there and each have 1,124 square feet.

Wow. Thanks for that research, Mr. MagicHef. Awesome work, little sugary marshmallow Easter bird.

So, basically that means an efficiency apartment for everybody. Of course, some little sugary marshmallow Easter birds already live together which means that their apartments could be combined into a larger apartment or, in come cases, even a house. Interesting.

FAX

[pikesome]

Originally Posted by FAX

Wow. Thanks for that research, Mr. MagicHef. Awesome work, little sugary marshmallow Easter bird.

So, basically that means an efficiency apartment for everybody. Of course, some little sugary marshmallow Easter birds already live together which means that their apartments could be combined into a larger apartment or, in come cases, even a house. Interesting.

FAX

The numbers also don't account for multi-level dwellings. If you turned the entire state into a 4 story apt each person could have 4,496 square feet.

I'd hate to be on the maintenance staff though.

[Boyceofsummer]

http://www.fredtravalena.com/letterman.html

He was timeless. This is a good link to a Letterman appearance. RIP