Don Rickles, the irrepressible master of the comic insult whose humor was a fast-paced, high-volume litany of mockery in which members of his audience were the (usually) willing victims of his verbal ...

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Don Rickles, the big-mouthed, bald-headed “Mr. Warmth” whose verbal assaults endeared him to audiences and peers and made him the acknowledged grandmaster of insult comedy, died ...

In this March 7, 2010 file photo, Don Rickles arrives at the Vanity Fair Oscar party in West Hollywood, Calif. AP photo The National Comedy Center, the United States’ official cultural institution ...

Before Comedy Central's celebrity roasts, before American Idol's Simon Cowell, before Triumph The Insult Comic Dog, one man abused people on TV and in clubs like no other. (SOUNDBITE OF ARCHIVED ...

LOS ANGELES – Don Rickles, the big-mouthed, bald-headed “Mr. Warmth” whose verbal assaults endeared him to audiences and peers and made him the acknowledged grandmaster of insult comedy, died Thursday ...

RICKLES: You're the governor, and if I got a cousin getting the chair, you better make that phone call. RICKLES: You were a politician. Black, white, Jew, gentile - we're all working for one cause - ...

Rest in peace, Don Rickles. The iconic comedian died of kidney failure on Thursday morning, his rep tells ET. He was 90. Throughout his career, Rickles had great success as both an actor and ...

In keeping a promise to help ‘keep his name alive’, WGN Radio’s Dave Plier celebrates the legacy of the late Don Rickles on his birthday by sharing his backstage Vegas interview with the comedy legend ...

(AP) The Friars Club is honoring Don Rickles with a lifetime achievement award. The entertainers’ group said Wednesday it will celebrate the 86-year-old comedian at its annual awards ceremony at the ...

Bob Newhart and Don Rickles were friends for nearly 60 years and that unlikely pairing has been captured, the above joke included, in the latest film from Judd Apatow, the acclaimed director/producer ...

Comedy legend Don Rickles got fed up with Martin Scorsese during filming of “Casino” 30 years ago, the Oscar-winning director revealed. Before a Tribeca Film Festival screening Thursday at the Beacon ...

NEW YORK (AP) — He was only kidding. Really. Don Rickles loved everybody: black or white, gay or straight, fat or thin. But don't get him started on his wife, or the time she dove into their swimming ...