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TMZ reports:
Comedian Gallagher, famously known for smashing watermelons as part of his legendary act, has died … his longtime manager tells TMZ.
Gallagher died while under hospice care in the Palm Springs area early Friday morning, TMZ has learned. His manager tells TMZ Gallagher died of massive organ failure. He had been in ill health for a while, suffering numerous heart attacks over the years.
The rep tells TMZ, “Gallagher stayed on the road touring America for decades. He was pretty sure he held a record for the most stand-up dates, by attrition alone,” adding, “While Gallagher had his detractors, he was an undeniable talent and an American success story.”
From a 2010 Stranger review:
“You have your hat backward,” Gallagher sneers at a man in the front row. “Are you a homosexual? Because it seems you have a problem figuring out the front from the back.” Big laugh. “I see people every day I can’t figger out what sex they are,” he continues. Even bigger laugh.
“Hey, President Obama,” he spits out the name like a mouthful of burning hair. “You ain’t black. I don’t care what you say—you’re a latte. You’re half whole-milk. It could be goat milk—you could be a terrorist!” Above all, everything is gay, gay, gay to Gallagher.
He leans into it with the borderline-nonsensical, icked-out, ignorant glee of a boy—or the protest-too-much vigor of a GOP senator. Gallagher delivers your Bible verse for the day: “Without God, we are nothing but dust. What is butt dust? Is that what you get if your homosexual isn’t properly lubricated?”
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#RIP, Gallagher ? https://t.co/a7aFRl3GSx pic.twitter.com/dNemttUPsZ
— TMZ (@TMZ) November 11, 2022
Gallagher, Comedian Known for Smashing Watermelons, Dies at 76 https://t.co/r2v4bwcIiO
— Variety (@Variety) November 11, 2022