{"id":29656,"date":"2026-06-24T16:38:21","date_gmt":"2026-06-24T16:38:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/albotips.com\/?p=29656"},"modified":"2026-06-24T16:38:21","modified_gmt":"2026-06-24T16:38:21","slug":"beloved-comedian-dies-%f0%9f%92%94","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/albotips.com\/?p=29656","title":{"rendered":"Beloved Comedian Dies \ud83d\udc94"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"PDq2pG_selectionAnchorContainer\" data-start=\"0\" data-end=\"285\">Ruth Buzzi, beloved comedian and actress best known for playing Gladys Ormphby on <em data-start=\"120\" data-end=\"147\">Rowan &amp; Martin\u2019s Laugh-In<\/em>, has died at the age of 88 after battling Alzheimer\u2019s disease. She passed away peacefully at her Texas home while receiving hospice care.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"287\" data-end=\"617\">Buzzi was the only cast member to appear in every episode of <em data-start=\"348\" data-end=\"358\">Laugh-In<\/em>, earning a Golden Globe and five Emmy nominations for her unforgettable performance. Throughout her career, she also appeared in films, Broadway productions, and popular TV shows, including <em data-start=\"549\" data-end=\"564\">Sesame Street<\/em>, while lending her voice to several animated series.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"619\" data-end=\"718\">She retired from acting in 2021 and is remembered as one of television\u2019s most beloved comedy stars.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/E2IF8HejE1w?si=KchO7D9QiIp2Zl7v\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ruth Buzzi, beloved comedian and actress best known for playing Gladys Ormphby on Rowan &amp; Martin\u2019s Laugh-In, has died at the age of 88 after battling Alzheimer\u2019s disease. She passed away peacefully at her Texas home while receiving hospice care. Buzzi was the only cast member to appear in every episode of Laugh-In, earning a&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"more-link-wrap\"><a href=\"https:\/\/albotips.com\/?p=29656\" class=\"more-link\">Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &ldquo;Beloved Comedian Dies \ud83d\udc94&rdquo;<\/span> &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":29657,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-29656","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/albotips.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29656","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/albotips.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/albotips.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/albotips.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/albotips.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=29656"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/albotips.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29656\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":29658,"href":"https:\/\/albotips.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29656\/revisions\/29658"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/albotips.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/29657"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/albotips.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=29656"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/albotips.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=29656"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/albotips.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=29656"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}