This Day In Comedy: December 21

Born this day in 1965, Andy Dick, age 46, American comedian, actor, musician and television/film producer, Andy Dick Show.
		Born this day in 1965, Anke Engelke, age 46, German comedian, actress and voice-over actress born in Canada, German voice of TV’s Marge Simpson, The Simpsons
Born this day in 1921, Luigi Creatore, age 90, Luigi of "Hugo & Luigi" comedy team, American songwriter and record producer.
		Born this day in 1922, Paul Winchell, and his dummies Jerry Mahoney And Knucklehead Smiff. Took up ventriloquism to overcome shyness and a speech impediment. Patent holder of artificial heart device which led to  the Jarvik 7. He died 06/24/2005, natural causes at age 82.
Born this day in 1957, Ray Romano, age 54, Italian-American comedian, TV's Everyone Loves Raymond.
		Died this day in 2010, Bob Kaufmann, wrote for the Alan Young Show and recorded a comedy album for Decca Records, "A Trip Through A Blown Mind.” Born 04/24/1921, he died from bone cancer at 89.
Died this day in 1937, Ted Healy, American vaudeville performer, comedian, actor. Original creator of the Three Stooges. Born 10/01/1896, he died from a- a beating in a nightclub brawl, b- a heart attack, or c- nephritis, inflammation of the kidneys, at 41.

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