Don Rickles dies from kidney failure. He was 90. Photos: Reuters
Don Rickles, the master insult comic who created laughs with ridicule and sarcasm in a decades-long career that earned him the facetious nickname "Mr. Warmth," died on Thursday (April 6) at his Los Angeles home from kidney failure, his publicist said. He was 90.
Rickles, who said he devised his brand of mockery-based humour because he was no good at telling traditional jokes, had developed a bacterial infection in recent months that led him to cancel a number of performances.
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