On July 18, Newhart died at 94 after a series of short illnesses in his Los Angeles home Before his untimely death, Bob Newhart named Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson as his top contender to play him in a ...

The nice thing would be to wake up and find oneself in bed in a Chicago apartment between Bob and Emily, or in a Vermont inn with Dick and Joanna, and find that this was all a dream. Sadly, the world ...

(CNN) — Bob Newhart, whose stammering, deadpan unflappability carried him to stardom as a standup comedian and later in television and movies, has died, according to a statement from his longtime ...

Bob Newhart parlayed his deadpan style into sitcom gold. (Genaro Molina / Los Angeles Times) Bob Newhart, the “button-down” stand-up comedy sensation of the 1960s who parlayed his low-key, Everyman ...

Before becoming a stand-up comedian, Newhart was an accountant for US Gypsum and an advertising copywriter in Chicago. Stammering and saying “Same to you, fella,” were two standards of his deadpan ...

The comedians Bob Newhart and Don Rickles—along with their wives, Ginnie Newhart and Barbara Rickles—were close friends for decades. So when the Newharts wanted to downsize from their longtime home in ...

Has there ever been a more unlikely TV star than Bob Newhart? He got a phenomenal amount of mileage out of a bemused expression, flawless comic timing, and, of course, that trademark stammer. In his ...

The year was 1961. The Grammys were still in their infancy. The crown jewel of the ceremony? Naturally, the prize for Album of the Year. In the category: Nice ‘n’ Easy, an album by Frank Sinatra, who ...