Another voice from the golden age of American ensemble comedy has gone quiet. An actor who became inseparable from the Police Academy franchise — and from the broader comedic spirit of the 1980s and '90s — died this week at 75, leaving behind a body of work that once filled multiplexes and living rooms alike. His passing is less an isolated loss than a quiet closing of a chapter: the generation of entertainers who taught millions of people how to laugh during the Reagan and Clinton years is slowly, irreversibly departing.
Police Academy Star and '80s-'90s Comedy Icon Dead at 75
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