73-Year-Old Actor Richard Dunn Dies
June 5th, 2010 - 3:03 pm ICT by GDBy Meena Kar
Los Angeles, June 5, (THAINDIAN NEWS) On Friday, Richard Dunn of the “Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job!” died at a Hollywood hospital.
The agent of the star for the last 15 years William Kerwin confirmed the news of the death to the media sources and added that the star had been lying unconscious for the past few days. However, he could not provide information about the exact cause of the death of Richard Dunn. Richard Dunn was 73 years old.
The agent of Richard Dunn, William Kerwin mentioned to media sources that arrangements are being made to bury the actor at the famous Hollywood Forever Cemetery.
The agent praised Richard Dunn as a sensible and nice human being who was a natural actor and had always worked hard. He added that Richard Dunn belongs to that group of actors who have “worked most of the time” but could never make it to the top.
Ricard Dunn is mostly known for his appearance on the Cartoon Network’s “Tim and Eric Awesome Show”. He had also during his tenure in television made appearances in “Nip/Tuck”, “House” and “Weeds”. On Friday, Both Tim Heidecker and Eric Wareheim posted messages on Twitter confirming the news of the death of their long-time friend and co-worker. Tim Heidecker announced that Richard Dunn had passed away on Friday morning. He referred to the actor as a friend whose death has saddened them. Eric Wareheim tweeted: “We’ll miss you Dicky Dunn. You’ll be in our hearts forever”.
Later on Eric Wareheim added that plan to make a memorial site on the name of Richard Dunn is being made where fans can pour in their messages.
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