Last night, TV veteran/comic Dick Martin passed away in Santa Monica, California, due to respiratory problems. Martin was one half of the comedy team Rowan and Martin who hosted the hit show Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In during the late 1960s to the early 1970s. He was 86 years old.
Laugh-In was famous for these quotes: You bet your bippy!, Look that up in your Funk & Wagnall's!, and Sock it to me!.
Martin started off as a neighbor on The Lucy Show in the early 1960s before Laugh-In. His partner Dan Rowan passed away back in 1987. In later years, Martin sometimes appeared on the Newhart sitcom during the 1980s, which he sometimes directed.
He'll be greatly missed. I loved watching him on TV when I was little.
RIP, Dick!
Rowan & Martin on Laugh-In (with Richard Nixon saying Sock it to me!)
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