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05-18-2004, 01:04 PM
Tony Randall, Fastidious Half of 'Odd Couple,' Dies at 84
Comic Actor Also Steered Effort to Bring Classic Theater Back to Broadway
By CHRISTY LEMIRE, AP
From Aol News & Entertainment
NEW YORK (May 18) - Tony Randall, the comic actor best-known for playing fastidious photographer Felix Unger on "The Odd Couple," has died. He was 84.
Randall, who developed pneumonia after undergoing heart bypass surgery in December, died in his sleep Monday night at NYU Medical Center, according to his publicity firm, Springer Associates.
Randall was hospitalized after starring for a month in "Right You Are," a revival of Luigi Pirandello's play by the National Actors Theatre, which he founded.
Comic Actor Also Steered Effort to Bring Classic Theater Back to Broadway
By CHRISTY LEMIRE, AP
From Aol News & Entertainment
NEW YORK (May 18) - Tony Randall, the comic actor best-known for playing fastidious photographer Felix Unger on "The Odd Couple," has died. He was 84.
Randall, who developed pneumonia after undergoing heart bypass surgery in December, died in his sleep Monday night at NYU Medical Center, according to his publicity firm, Springer Associates.
Randall was hospitalized after starring for a month in "Right You Are," a revival of Luigi Pirandello's play by the National Actors Theatre, which he founded.