Emmy-winning creator and comic (*71*) Rooney handed away on July 9 at house in Los Angeles
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According to the Hollywood Reporter, after a protracted battle with diabetes and end-stage renal failure, in line with his spouse Carole Raphaelle Davis and pal and former assistant Jay Mandyam. Rooney had reached age 71. Veteran slapstick comedian Rooney earned two Emmys for writing on HBO’s Dennis Miller Live in 1994 and 1995. He additionally labored with Jay Leno and coached Judd Apatow and different rising comics.
After by accident making his stand-up debut in 1977 at El Brookman’s in Washington, D.C., the place he had a pitcher of beer poured on his head, Rooney returned to stand-up comedy, first in New York City after which in Los Angeles, the place he turned an everyday at the Improv comedy membership and met Leno, in line with a discover submitted by Mandyam.
Rooney co-wrote Leno’s first comedy particular Jay Leno and the American Dream.
“He was the greatest muse a comedian could ever have,” Leno stated through Mandyam. “I got so much material just through conversations with Kevin. The first time I saw him, I thought, ‘Oh boy, this guy is really good.’ It’s a real voice. There’s no gimmicks. He didn’t have a catch phrase. There wasn’t a funny look. When times were rough, they throw out the catch phrase or funny look. Kevin didn’t have any of that. I don’t know anybody who thought they were better than Kevin Rooney. When Kevin took the stage, we’d all step inside. Me, Seinfeld, Larry Miller. At the end of the night, we’d all say, ‘Rooney’s story was really funny.’ We were all genuinely happy when he had success. He was a guy who earned it, a unique voice. Never derivative of anyone else. It was that classic New England sarcastic voice. But there was a humanity behind it. Even when he said the most sarcastic thing. He will be greatly missed.”
Rooney made an look on each David Letterman’s Late Night and The Tonight Show. He contributed articles to Boston Common, My Wife and Kids, Brothers, The Golden Palace, Politically Incorrect, and Til Death. He performed a component in Harry Met Sally.
Judd Apatow, who retweeted the Improv’s discover of Rooney’s passing and wrote that he was “very heartbroken to hear the news,” was one of many younger comics Rooney coached. “He was hilariously funny. His material was so smart and biting,” Apatow wrote partly. “When I first started he was so kind and taught me so much about stand up and writing. A legendary person. RIP.”
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