Sad news out of Hollywood, folks–actor, comedian and chef Dom DeLuise passed away in his sleep at the age of seventy-five
DeLuise was known for a host of roles over a long career, including his role as a flamboyant director during a completely out of canon sequence in Blazing Saddles, as well as in Cannonball Run and Spaceballs, where even I was surprised to discover he was the guy who played Pizza the Hutt. I must’ve seen Spaceballs two dozen times or more but I never realized it was him in the Pizza suit.
He wrote four cookbooks and seven children’s books, had three sons and a long marriage to actress Carol Arthur.
A funny guy with a whole panoply of great roles and great memories–so long, Dom…you will be missed.
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