Post by The Collector on May 7, 2009 10:43:19 GMT
Actor Dom DeLuise, best known for his role in Mel Brooks' Blazing Saddles, has died aged 75.
DeLuise, right, who started as a comedian, also starred in History of the World: Part One as a winesodden Emperor Nero and as Burt Reynolds' sidekick in Cannonball Run and Smokey and the Bandit movies. He died in a Los Angeles hospital yesterday.
Reynolds, a longtime friend, said: "Dom always made everyone feel better when he was around. I never heard him say an unkind word about anyone."
DeLuise, right, who started as a comedian, also starred in History of the World: Part One as a winesodden Emperor Nero and as Burt Reynolds' sidekick in Cannonball Run and Smokey and the Bandit movies. He died in a Los Angeles hospital yesterday.
Reynolds, a longtime friend, said: "Dom always made everyone feel better when he was around. I never heard him say an unkind word about anyone."
