Don Rickles has passed.

[herding cats]

Abrasive comic Don Rickles, the honorary Rat Pack member and celebrity roast guest whose career spanned six decades, has died. He was 90.

Rickles died Thursday morning at his home in Los Angeles from kidney failure, his longtime publicist Paul Shefrin confirmed. He would have turned 91 on May 8.

Though he appeared in films and on television, Rickles’ mainstay was always nightclub performances, appearing in Las Vegas and elsewhere into his late 80s. He also found late success as the voice of Mr. Potato Head in the “Toy Story” films, which were exceptional box office performers, and popped up frequently on latenight talkshows.

Rickles’ career had its ups and downs as comedic tastes changed, and his curmudgeonly persona was sometimes out of kilter with audience tastes, but he survived long after many of his contemporaries had disappeared into retirement. And when he was hot, he was a potent club headliner, insulting his audience with his two key signature phrases “dummy” and “hockey puck.”


http://variety.com/2017/tv/news/don-rickles-dead-dies-comedian-insult-vegas-1202025068/

[spanone]

1. he was one funny hockey puck....RIP

[Va Lefty]

2. Thanks for the laughs

RIP Don

[hlthe2b]

3. aww... yet another legendary performer leaves us.

RIP, Don

[dhill926]

4. ah man....loved him as a kid....

my Mom was none too happy about it haha...

[Eliot Rosewater]

5. Don, the cemetery called, they want their deposit back!

He would want us to joke.

He was relentlessly funny even when he broke the rules. Especially then, some would say.

[underpants]

12. Hey, here's five bucks. Make your daughter a little more beautiful

[shenmue]

6. Rest in peace

[True Dough]

7. Don Rickles was offensive

He had an insulting brand of humor.

And I loved it. I'll miss that guy.

[Bradical79]

22. Yeah, it's a special talent

It takes a special talent to make that sort of routine and personality consistently hilarious. I wasn't around for his prime, but I love staying up late watching the celebrity roasts.

[irisblue]

8. I hope someone puts hockey pucks on his gravesite.

Thanks for the laughs.

[niyad]

9. requiescat in pace, don, and thanks for the many, many laughs.

[longship]

10. Two of his films.

Kelly's Heroes:

Run Silent, Run Deep:

The first is a fun WWII escapade, albeit with copious anachronisms. The second is a definitive WWII submarine action film, directed by Robert Wise.

Rickles does good character work in both.

[cab67]

18. He was also excellent in Casino.

Though Run Silent, Run Deep was my favorite movie with Mr. Rickles.

[NBachers]

33. I always thought it was a stroke of genius to cast Don Rickles as the casino manager in Casino.

He lent the movie authenticity.

[underpants]

11. I've been watching old videos of him recently

Brilliantly funny

[Kaleva]

13. Johnny Carson finds out Don broke his cigarette box

[Va Lefty]

16. Thanks for posting

Some of Carson's funniest moments were unscripted.

[kysrsoze]

15. R.I.P. Very funny guy. He had a long run.

[eleny]

17. Rest in peace, Don

And yeah, now I want a cookie.

[edbermac]

19. Damn! Would watch him, Rodney Dangerfield and Buddy Hackett on Carson.

I'd be laughing so hard I'd be crying.

RIP Mr Rickles.

[yagotme]

20. RIP Don.

Just remember, don't call the Lord a hockey puck...

[jeanmarc]

21. For the older generation of comics

He was the only one that was funny to me. Bob Hope was cheesy and not good for me. Someone mentioned Dangerfield, also funny as hell.

Rickles was always on his game and funny as hell.

[Go Vols]

24. +1

[SirBrockington]

23. My Favorite Comedian

RIP

[lunatica]

25. I loved him

Safe passage Sir.

[Honeycombe8]

26. Sorry to hear that. He lasted a long time. I didn't find him funny, but was a nice guy,

I heard. I saw him a lot on tv in the old days. I don't think I ever laughed even once. Not my thing. But he had a lot of close friends, so I think he was probably a nice guy and a good friend.

[rivegauche]

27. I wouldn't call him curmudgeonly

He was plain old nasty and mean. Even as a child he repulsed me. Came across as an angry, unloved and unlikable person.

[Egnever]

28. Damn he was just here in Vegas a month or two ago I think doing a show.

Rip

[Stinky The Clown]

29. I **always** like the guy.

He was a man after my own heart and my own ways. Curmudgeonly but caring.

[Gothmog]

30. May he rest in peace

[Fast Walker 52]

31. He could have been president!

Link to tweet

[nolabear]

32. Absolute funniest tweet by Ken Jennings.

"The senate's right to filibuster is the only thing that's kept me alive. -Don Rickles"

[LeftInTX]

34. I'm watching the movie Casino

He's got a significant part in it and it's not a comedic roll.

[LeftInTX]

35. My dad always said that Don Rickles was a handsome guy

My dad was bald and had a big nose.

[colsohlibgal]

36. RIP Don

It is seemingly daily now, the passing of heroes and icons from that era. Time just flies....100 years since WWl began. 1987 is now 30 freaking years ago.

Of course people like Mr Rickles are still here on our vast media landscape.