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    Apr 12, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  1. Jonathan Winters, comedy giant on TV and in films, dies at 87

    Jonathan Winters, one of the great comedians of the 20<sup>th</sup> century, died Thursday night. He was 87.
    Jonathan Winters, one of the great comedians of the 20th century, died Thursday night. He was 87. Winters, who had been in declining health, died at his longtime home in Encino, said Gary Owens, who was his good friend. “He was one of the...

    Tags: Obituaries, Television, The Tonight Show (tv program), Entertainment, Gary Owens

    2. Apr 13, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  2. Jonathan Winters' madcap style and rapid-fire wit

    The large child known as Jonathan Winters died Friday at age 87. Accompanying him into the now-noisier hereafter were the multitudes he contained, a cast of men, women, children of every race and nationality, rich and poor, city and country. Some were...

    Tags: David Letterman, Entertainment

    3. Apr 12, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  3. Jonathan Winters found a home for his improv genius on TV

    Jonathan Winters, who died on Friday at age 87, had a talent ideal for the small screen. Though he did appear in several comedic classics, including &quot;It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World" and "The Russians are Coming, the Russians are Coming," it was the less constrained world of TV that allowed him to flit and morph between comic bits at lightning speed.
    Jonathan Winters, who died on Friday at age 87, had a talent ideal for the small screen. Though he did appear in several comedic classics, including "It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World" and "The Russians are Coming, the Russians are Coming," it was the...

    Tags: The Simpsons (tv program), The Tonight Show (tv program), Entertainment

    4. Apr 13, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  4. Jonathan Winters dies at 87; comic genius of improvisation

    Comic great Jonathan Winters was struggling to make a name for himself in the early 1950s when a man at the nightclub where he was performing offered some life-changing advice.
    Comic great Jonathan Winters was struggling to make a name for himself in the early 1950s when a man at the nightclub where he was performing offered some life-changing advice. Winters had a talent for channeling the voices of celebrities like Gary...

    Tags: Cartoons, Radio Industry, Dining and Drinking, Lifestyle and Leisure, Entertainment

    5. Apr 12, 2013 |Story| Petoskey News

  5. Groundbreaking improv comic Jonathan Winters dies

    LOS ANGELES (AP) &mdash; Jonathan Winters, the cherub-faced comedian whose breakneck improvisations and misfit characters inspired the likes of Robin Williams and Jim Carrey, has died. He was 87.
    LOS ANGELES (AP) — Jonathan Winters, the cherub-faced comedian whose breakneck improvisations and misfit characters inspired the likes of Robin Williams and Jim Carrey, has died. He was 87. The Ohio native died Thursday evening at his Montecito,...

    Tags: The New York Times, Richard Lewis, Patton Oswalt, Alcohol Addiction, Fishing

    6. Apr 12, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  6. Remembering Jonathan Winters, the 'father of improvisational comedy'

    The trailblazing comic improviser Jonathan Winters, who died Thursday at age 87, was a seminal influence on scores of comedians and the person Robin Williams credits as his mentor.
    The trailblazing comic improviser Jonathan Winters, who died Thursday at age 87, was a seminal influence on scores of comedians and the person Robin Williams credits as his mentor. Winters' high energy, unpredictable and often surreal comic riffs...

    Tags: Maria Bamford, Stand-up Comedy, CBS Corp., IFC (tv network), Television

    7. Apr 6, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  7. Late-night moves give Lorne Michaels even more power at NBC

    Jimmy Fallon may have been crowned the new king of late-night TV this week, but he owes a lot to the man behind the throne: Lorne Michaels.
    Jimmy Fallon may have been crowned the new king of late-night TV this week, but he owes a lot to the man behind the throne: Lorne Michaels. Fans of "Saturday Night Live" will recognize Michaels, the show's creator, as the grumpy paterfamilias lurking in...

    Tags: Rockefeller Center, Comedy Central (tv network), Jimmy Fallon, Jay Leno, Bill Hader

    8. Apr 3, 2013 |Story| RedEye

  8. Fallon's in, Leno's out: NBC courts younger viewers

    NBC ramped up its fight to gain a younger late-night audience by confirming Wednesday that Jimmy Fallon will take over as host of &quot;The Tonight Show" in 2014.
    RedEye
    NBC ramped up its fight to gain a younger late-night audience by confirming Wednesday that Jimmy Fallon will take over as host of "The Tonight Show" in 2014. Ending weeks of gossip, NBC made the announcement that current host Jay Leno would end his...

    Tags: Conan (tv program), Saint Patrick, Johnny Carson, Jay Leno, Entertainment

    9. Oct 11, 2012 |Column| Chicago Tribune

  9. Ethel Kennedy isn't one to share, in spite of film about her

    &ldquo;There are so many times in my life,&rdquo; filmmaker Rory Kennedy tells her sister Courtney in the movie &ldquo;Ethel,&rdquo; &ldquo;where people have said, &lsquo;I want to introduce Robert Kennedy's daughter. ...&rdquo; To which her sibling replies: &ldquo;Oh, it makes me so mad! What about the one who delivered us and carried us for nine months and then has been with us the last 40 years?&rdquo;
    “There are so many times in my life,” filmmaker Rory Kennedy tells her sister Courtney in the movie “Ethel,” “where people have said, ‘I want to introduce Robert Kennedy's daughter. ...” To which her sibling...

    Tags: Taylor Swift, Music Box Theatre, Los Angeles Times, Bananas, Music

    10. Dec 2, 2011 | Chicago Tribune

  10. Radio rewind: My magazine profile of new WGN-AM morning host Jonathon Brandmeier

    Change of Subject
    In light of today's news that veteran radio personality Jonathon Brandmeier (left) is taking over morning drive at WGN AM 720, I am republishing the following extensive profile that came out almost exactly 25 years ago in the Tribune's Sunday......
    11. Feb 22, 2012 | Los Angeles Times

  11. Musical moments with U.S. presidents

    Pop & Hiss
    President Obama sang the blues on Tuesday with B.B. King, Mick Jagger and Buddy Guy for a White House blues concert. The President is one of many chief executives who have shown their musical talents in office....
    12. Aug 3, 2011 | Los Angeles Times

  12. 'Sock it to me!' Richard Nixon's notes on improving his media image

    Top of the Ticket
    Personal papers now at auction show Richard Nixon's handwritten notes on improving his television appearances....
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