The American comedian and Curb Your Enthusiasm star Richard Lewis has died at the age of 76.
His death was confirmed by his publicist Jeff Abraham.
"His wife, Joyce Lapinsky, thanks everyone for all the love, friendship and support and asks for privacy at this time," Abraham said in a statement.
The star had been living with Parkinson's disease, a diagnosis he revealed in April 2023 while announcing he was retiring from stand-up comedy.
Lewis started out in the New York and Los Angeles comedy scenes in the 1970s and made his acting debut in the 1979 NBC special Diary of a Young Comic.
The New York comedy star went on to appear in the sitcom Anything but Love alongside Jamie Lee Curtis in the late 1980s. He also starred on the sitcoms Daddy Dearest with Don Rickles in 1993 and Hiller and Diller with Kevin Nealon in 1998.
His notable film credits include Robin Hood: Men in Tights (1993), Drunks (1995) and Leaving Las Vegas (1995).
In 2000, Lewis began what would become the defining role of his career when he was cast by his friend Larry David on HBO's Curb Your Enthusiasm, playing a fictionalised version of himself.
