• Comedian Harvey Korman dead after aneurysm

    Eric Shirey

    by: Eric Shirey
    May 29th, 2008


    Comedy great Harvey Korman has died at age 81 following complications of an abdominal aortic aneurysm. The legendary actor was a regular in Mel Brooks‘ films such as Blazing Saddles, History of the World: Part 1, Dracula: Dead and Loving It, and High Anxiety. He also played Professor Auguste Balls in three of the Pink Panther films. Mr. Korman also was a cast regular on The Carol Burnett Show from 1967 to 1978 and voiced several characters in the different versions of The Flintstones. He even had a role in the now infamous Star Wars Holiday Special.

    Source: Yahoo