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Topic: R.I.P. Dom DeLuise
ThomasJB Joined Sat 01/10/09 Posts: 4240	Tue 05/05/09 09:17 AM
Dom DeLuise Dies Posted May 5th 2009 10:30AM by TMZ Staff We've just learned that Dom DeLuise -- who starred in such classics as "The Cannonball Run" and "Blazing Saddles" and was the voice of Pizza the Hutt in "Spaceballs" -- died last night in a Los Angeles hospital. We're told he passed away peacefully in his sleep at around 6 PM. He was 75.

Gossipmpm Joined Tue 03/03/09 Posts: 19414	Tue 05/05/09 09:20 AM
Just heard Cried Gonna go rent fatso at the video store

tanyaann Joined Mon 12/03/07 Posts: 32220	Tue 05/05/09 09:21 AM


SuzinVA Joined Wed 04/25/07 Posts: 28730	Tue 05/05/09 09:24 AM
I was just going to post this, I love his work, very funny man.

ThomasJB Joined Sat 01/10/09 Posts: 4240	Tue 05/05/09 09:25 AM
"The Cannonball Run" is hilarious!

Queene123 Joined Tue 06/26/07 Posts: 17056	Tue 05/05/09 09:32 AM
wow!! i didnt know.. thanks for telling me

nelnel6280 Joined Sun 05/03/09 Posts: 1397	Tue 05/05/09 09:32 AM
He will be missed by many

Queene123 Joined Tue 06/26/07 Posts: 17056	Tue 05/05/09 09:35 AM
Biography [edit] Early life DeLuise was born in \|Brooklyn, New York to Italian American parents Vicenza and John DeLuise. [edit] Career DeLuise almost always appears in comedic parts, although an early appearance (in the movie Fail-Safe as a nervous enlisted soldier) showed a possible broader range. His first acting credit was as a regular performer in the television show The Entertainers in 1964. He has often co-starred with Burt Reynolds; together they starred in the film Cannonball Run. DeLuise was the host of the television show Candid Camera from 1991 to 1992. He is probably best known as a regular in Mel Brooks' films. Brooks' late wife, actress Anne Bancroft, directed Dom in Fatso (1980), he also had a cameo as the Pope in Johnny Dangerously. He is sometimes credited as Dom De Luise, Dom Deluise, or Dom De Luises. [edit] Personal life DeLuise has three sons, Peter, Michael, and David, all of whom are actors. Dom, his sons and his wife, actress Carol (to whom he has been married since 1965), occasionally appear in each others' projects.

Dro_In_Indio Joined Mon 02/16/09 Posts: 924	Tue 05/05/09 09:56 AM
Sad Day for Comedy. I grew up watching Dom. I think I'm gonna go buy Cannonball Run today.

nvkikigirl Joined Thu 03/05/09 Posts: 3942	Tue 05/05/09 10:09 AM
I hadn't heard. This is very sad. my family are fans of his family's work.

Holly4459 Joined Sun 06/29/08 Posts: 34785	Tue 05/05/09 10:11 AM
he'll be missed----funny man...

Thoughtfulthug Joined Tue 05/05/09 Posts: 514	Tue 05/05/09 10:19 AM
The only thing funny about Dom when I was watching him as a kid, is the time at the end of the Cannonball movies(outakes i think). Can't figure out if the guy is laughing sincerely or was he faking his laughter.

MsCarmen Joined Wed 05/07/08 Posts: 6282	Tue 05/05/09 11:05 AM
Wow, what a major loss. My condolences to his family. I'm sure they are grieving terribly.

TBRich Joined Fri 11/07/08 Posts: 8232	Tue 05/05/09 11:09 AM
He stole the movie The End from Burt Reynolds

KAY KAY Joined Sun 05/06/07 Posts: 1795	Tue 05/05/09 11:19 AM


michiganman3 Joined Mon 10/29/07 Posts: 14521	Tue 05/05/09 11:21 AM
A Funny Funny man. Safe Journey

Thomas3474 Joined Mon 11/10/08 Posts: 2713	Wed 05/06/09 12:45 AM
Good bye Captian chaos!Looking forward to seeing you in the afterlife. Da Da dahhhhhhh!I'm captian chaos!

ArtGurl Joined Sun 04/08/07 Posts: 17722	Wed 05/06/09 12:46 AM
Farewell

Ainjel Joined Sat 01/24/09 Posts: 3610	Wed 05/06/09 01:06 AM
I saw that on ET today...He had his hilarious moments...Gone but never to be forgotten...

Cinterpol Joined Mon 05/11/09 Posts: 12	Tue 05/12/09 11:02 PM
dom deluise was the 80s to me even though i lived 4 years in mexico he was in a lot of american re runs which i loved theres nothing like the a team and mission impossible dubbed in spanish its glorious lol