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Bob Newhart, who helped launch the recorded comedy craze with smash albums before starring in the revered TV shows The Bob Newhart Show and Newhart, has died. He was 94.
His longtime publicist Jerry Digney confirmed the news to several media outlets.
Newhart broke out in 1960 with a pair of No. 1 comedy albums. The Button-Down Mind of Bob Newhart spent 14 weeks atop the Billboard 200 and stayed on that chart for more than two years. The Button-Down Mind Strikes Back! arrived about 10 months later and also hit No. 1. The former won the Grammy for Album of the Year, and its follow-up won the Comedy Album Prize.
They helped usher in the Golden Age of Recorded Comedy that saw massive sales for the likes of Bill Cosby, Allan Sherman, The First Family and many others.
In the early 1970s, Newhart pivoted to television, with iconic results.
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