Fans are posting tributes to Louis Anderson after the Family Feud host passed away this morning. He was 68 and had an entire lifetime of film and TV credits to his name. Anderson was probably best known for a small role in Eddie Murphy’s Coming to America. He also had a sitcom called Life with Louie that a lot of younger viewers absolutely adored. There were small roles in Ferris Bueller’s Day Off and Ally McBeal as well. For the comedian, a big break came when he crushed a set on The Tonight Show back in 1984. From there, numerous stand-up specials and TV appearances followed. It’s clear from the outpouring of love on social media, his work touched a lot of people. Pauly Shore actually posted about his friend shortly before the news came down.
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Shore wrote this week, “Attention comedians and @TheComedyStore alumni’s I say this with a heavy heart just left the hospital in Las Vegas where Louie Anderson his sisters and close friend were kind enough to let me say my goodbyes he’s still with us but keep him in your prayers.”
In one of his last TV roles, Anderson played Christine Baskets on the FX comedy Baskets. He told them, “I’m not as nice in the character as my mom was as a person. It really is an extension of my mom… It felt like it was divine intervention when I got the call to be on the show… that somehow my mom, from the great beyond, was finally getting herself into show business where she truly belonged in the first place.”
Our thoughts are with Anderson and his family, friends, and fans at this time.
