{"id":109248,"date":"2022-01-22T22:04:31","date_gmt":"2022-01-23T04:04:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/?p=109248"},"modified":"2022-01-22T22:05:02","modified_gmt":"2022-01-23T04:05:02","slug":"comedian-louie-anderson-dies-at-68-entertainment-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/?p=109248","title":{"rendered":"Comedian Louie Anderson Dies at 68 &#8211; Entertainment News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-1545664804358300\" crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script><br \/>\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display: block; text-align: center;\" data-ad-layout=\"in-article\" data-ad-format=\"fluid\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-1545664804358300\" data-ad-slot=\"8616314829\"><\/ins><br \/>\n<script>\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n<\/script><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/?p=109248\" rel=\"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/?p=109248\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-109249 size-medium\" style=\"margin-right: 10px;\" src=\"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/louie-anderson-00-1-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/louie-anderson-00-1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/louie-anderson-00-1-1024x682.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/louie-anderson-00-1-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/louie-anderson-00-1-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/louie-anderson-00-1.jpg 2000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>By Geoffrey Huchel<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Emmy winning comedian, actor and game show host Louie Anderson passed away January 21, 2022, in Las Vegas, Nevada, after a battle with blood cancer. He was 68.<\/p>\n<p>For his stand-up career, Anderson performed in a show called LOUIE: LARGER THAN LIFE, in Las Vegas, which ran from 2003- 2012.<\/p>\n<p>Anderson is known for his stint as the host of THE FAMILY FEUD from 1999-2002. His notable roles in television include the comedy series BASKETS (2016-2019), for which he won the Emmy for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series, and the animated series LIFE WITH LOUIE (1994-1998), for which he also won an Emmy for Outstanding Performer in an Animated Program. <!--more--><\/p>\n<p>His additional film and TV credits include CLOAK &amp; DAGGER (1984), FERRIS BUELLER\u2019S DAY OFF (1986), COMING TO AMERICA (1988), CHICAGO HOPE ( 1994-2000), THE LOUIE SHOW (1996), TOUCHED BY AN ANGEL (1994-2003), ALLY MCBEAL (1997-2002), NASH BRIDGES (1996-2001), SCRUBS (2001-2010), DRUNK HISTORY (2013-2019), YOUNG SHELDON (2017-), and SEARCH PARTY (2016-2022).<\/p>\n<p>Ringside Report sends our condolences to Louie Anderson\u2019s family during their time of grief.<\/p>\n<p>[si-contact-form form=&#8217;2&#8242;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Geoffrey Huchel Emmy winning comedian, actor and game show host Louie Anderson passed away January 21, 2022, in Las Vegas, Nevada, after a battle with blood cancer. He was 68. For his stand-up career, Anderson performed in a show called LOUIE: LARGER THAN LIFE, in Las Vegas, which ran from 2003- 2012. Anderson is [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17984],"tags":[28110],"class_list":["post-109248","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-entertainment-news","tag-comedian-louie-anderson-dies-at-68-entertainment-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/109248","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=109248"}],"version-history":[{"count":-2,"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/109248\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=109248"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=109248"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=109248"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}