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Apr 12, 2013 · LOS ANGELES (CBSNewYork/AP)-- Jonathan Winters, the cherub-faced comedian whose breakneck improvisations and misfit characters inspired the likes of Robin Williams and Jim Carrey, has died. He was 87.
Jonathan Harshman Winters III was born on November 11, 1925 in Dayton, Ohio. His father, Jonathan Harshman Winters II, was a banker who became an alcoholic after being crushed in the Great Depression. His parents divorced in 1932. Jonathan and his mother then moved to Springfield to live with his grandmother.
Apr 12, 2013 · Jonathan Winters, who earned laughs playing everyone from an alien baby to a crotchety grandma, and who inspired numerous comedians in the field of improvisational comedy, has died of natural ...
Apr 11, 2013 · Jonathan Harshman Winters III (November 11, 1925 – April 11, 2013) was an American comedian, actor, author, television host, and artist. He started performing as a stand up comedian before transitioning his career to acting in film and television. Winters received numerous accolades including two Grammy Awards, a Primetime Emmy Award, as well as a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 1960 ...
Apr 12, 2013 · Jonathan Winters: 1925-2013 19 photos. On Jack Paar's television show in 1964, Winters was handed a foot-long stick and he swiftly became a fisherman, violinist, lion tamer, canoeist, U.N ...
Apr 12, 2013 · Jonathan Harshman Winters III was born to a banking family on Nov. 11, 1925, in Dayton, Ohio. His father lost his money in the market crash of 1929 and became an alcoholic.
Winters also struggled with alcoholism throughout his career, and suffered numerous setbacks as a result of his instability.Winters' first attempt at regular series work came in 1956 with "The Jonathan Winters Show" (NCB, 1956-1957), a 15-minute sketch comedy series that ran after the network's nightly news broadcast.
