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    Jonathan Winters

    American comedian, actor, artist

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  1. 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...

  2. Apr 12, 2013 · Jonathan Winters, the rubber-faced comedian whose unscripted flights of fancy inspired a generation of improvisational comics, and who kept television audiences in stitches with Main Street ...

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  3. Apr 13, 2013 · Winters, who died Thursday at age 87 at his Montecito, Calif., home, was a pioneer of improvisational standup comedy, with an exceptional gift for mimicry, a grab bag of eccentric personalities and a bottomless reservoir of creative energy. Facial contortions, sound effects, tall tales — all could be summoned in a matter of seconds to get a laugh.

  4. Apr 12, 2013 · Pioneering comic Jonathan Winters brought his own brand of wild, improvisational stand-up to television in the 1950s, and continued to perform for nearly five decades. Winters died Thursday...

  5. Apr 13, 2013 · Winters, who died Thursday at age 87 at his Montecito, Calif., home, was a pioneer of improvisational standup comedy, with an exceptional gift for mimicry, a grab bag of eccentric personalities...

  6. Apr 12, 2013 · Jonathan Winters, the rotund, rubber-faced, squinty-eyed master of impressions and improvisational comedy who became a staple of late-night television for decades and was a mentor to Robin...

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  8. GRAMMY-winning comedian Jonathan Winters died April 11 at his home in Montecito, Calif. He was 87. Winters gained fame for his improvisational talent and over the years developed characters who became his hallmark, including a hip granny, Maude Frickert, that he played in drag.

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