“Dom always made everyone feel better when he was around. I never heard him say an unkind word about anyone. I will miss him very much,”

~Burt Reynolds

The world lost another great comic actor this week. Dom Deluise died in his sleep Monday night. He was 75.

In the early part of his career Dom was a variety show staple. This is one of his classic bits with Dean Martin:

He was always good when paired with Burt Reynolds, especially during the blooper reel of Cannonball Run:

I think his best character role was Don Giovanni in Robin Hood: Men in Tights:

You were an inspiration to my sense of humor growing up and like Harvey Korman’s passing nearly a year ago, the world is a little less funnier now.

Godspeed Captain Chaos…

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