Harvey Korman, Carol Burnett's Right Hand Man, Dead at 81

Submitted by PatrickMcD on May 29, 2008 - 7:27pm.

Harvey Korman, the venerable “second banana” to Carol Burnett and “easy-to-crack-up” foil of Tim Conway, died Thursday. His best known film role was as Hedley Lamarr in Mel Brook’s “Blazing Saddles.” He was born in Chicago.

From the wire at the Associated Press

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Harvey Korman, the tall, versatile comedian who won four Emmys for his outrageously funny contributions to “The Carol Burnett Show” and played a conniving politician to hilarious effect in “Blazing Saddles,” died Thursday. He was 81.

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HollywoodChicago.com obituary on Harvey Korman

Submitted by HollywoodChicago.com on May 30, 2008 - 3:49pm.

The just-published HollywoodChicago.com obituary on Harvey Korman can be found here.

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