Tom Smothers, half of the Smothers Brothers and the co-host of one of the most groundbreaking television shows in the history of the medium, has died at 86.
The National Comedy Center, on behalf of his family, said in a Wednesday statement that Smothers died Tuesday at home in Santa Rosa, California, following a cancer battle.
“Tom was not only the loving older brother that everyone would want in their life, he was a one-of-a-kind creative partner. I am forever grateful to have spent a lifetime together with him, on and off stage, for over 60 years,” his brother and the duo’s other half, Dick Smothers, said in the statement.
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