Tom Smothers, half of the Smothers Brothers and the co-host of one of the most socially conscious and groundbreaking television shows in the history of the medium, has died at 86.

Tom Smothers, half of the Smothers Brothers and the co-host of one of the most socially conscious and 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 statement Wednesday that Smothers died Tuesday at home in Santa Rosa, California, following a cancer battle.

“I’m just devastated,” his brother and the duo’s other half, Dick Smothers, told The Associated Press in an interview Wednesday. “Every breath I’ve taken, my brother’s been around.”

  • comador @lemmy.world
    71·
    10 months ago

    Farewell and rest now Mr Yo-yo Man, you taught many of us the cool fun of the yo-yo.

  • SheeEttinEnglish
    2·
    10 months ago

    Huh, I never knew his father died as a POW in Japan. That really explains the lifelong antiwar sentiment.

    Since Dick is still alive, does that mean Tom has gone to be with his mother first, because she always liked him best?