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Del Close (March 9, 1934 – March 4, 1999) was an American actor, writer, and teacher who coached many of the best-known comedians and comic actors of the late twentieth century. In addition to an acting career in television and film, he was one of the influences on modern improvisational theater .
Del Close was a legendary improvisational actor, director and teacher who co-founded the Chicago Harold, a long-form improv technique. He also worked with The Second City, The Committee, The Merry Pranksters and The Committee. He died of emphysema in 1999. Learn more about his life, career and legacy on IMDb.
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Mar 5, 1999 · Del Close was a legendary influence on Second City performers and a towering figure in the Chicago theatre. He died at the Illinois Masonic Medical Center, where he had recently checked in for heart and respiratory ailments. He was known for his dark sense of humor, hard-living lifestyle and avant-garde Hamlet.
Jun 4, 2005 · Author Jeff Griggs talks about Guru: My Days with Del Close. Close was central to Chicago's Second City club, which gave rise to John Belushi, Bill Murray and many other comic talents.
Mar 26, 1999 · Del Close was a pioneer of improvisational comedy and a mentor to many famous performers. He struggled with drugs, mental illness and died in 1999, leaving his skull to be cast as Yorick in Hamlet.
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Mar 16, 1999 · Mr. Close never married and leaves no immediate survivors. The son of a jeweler, Del Close was born on March 9, 1934, in Manhattan, Kan. He was a second cousin of Dwight D. Eisenhower.
Mar 8, 1999 · Del Close, an actor and coach who taught John Belushi, Gilda Radner and Bill Murray and elevated improvisation to an art form, died Thursday in Chicago of complications from emphysema.
