JERRY STILLER

Estelle Harris, who hollered her way into TV history as George Costanza’s short-fused mother on “Seinfeld” and voiced Mrs. Potato Head in the “Toy Story” franchise, has died.

And, yes, comedian Jerry Stiller, who played Frank Costanza on “Seinfeld,” was almost a part of the Sopranos TV mob. Schirripa, Imperioli and Pastore have toured the Sopranos live event across the country and to Australia. “We’ll answer anything.”Of course, one of the top questions is what really happened to Tony, played by the late James Gandolfini, after the famous cut-to-black final scene of the series. “Somebody asked us, what would have happened if Tony Soprano’s mother didn’t die?” he said. The guy was a good guy.”Some fans, Schirripa said, are even more knowledgeable about “The Sopranos” than the cast members.

Norman Lloyd, the distinguished stage and screen actor known for his role as a kindly doctor on TV’s “St. Elsewhere,” has died at 106.

The world also said goodbye to U.S. Rep. John Lewis, a lion of the civil rights movement who died in July. Other former political figures who died this year include Egyptian leader Hosni Mubarak, New York Mayor David Dinkins, Arizona Gov. Here is a roll call of some influential figures who died in 2020 (cause of death cited for younger people, if available):___JANUARY___David Stern, 77. The guitarist who supplied the scratching, seething sound that fueled the highly influential British punk band Gang of Four. He fused African rhythms with funk to become one of the most influential musicians in world dance music.

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Jerry Stiller, who played two of American televisions most cantankerous fathers on the sitcoms Seinfeld and The King of Queens, has died aged 92, his son Ben Stiller said on Twitter on Monday. Im sad to say that my father, Jerry Stiller, passed away from natural causes, wrote Ben, a Hollywood comedian who appeared with his father in Zoolander and other movies. Jerry Stiller was part of a 1960s comedy team with wife Anne Meara. In 1993, Stiller had thought his entertainment career was nearing an end when he got a phone call from Larry David, co-creator of Seinfeld, about joining the cast led by comedian Jerry Seinfeld. Jerry Seinfeld on Monday paid tribute by posting a photo of himself holding The Last Two People in the World, a 1967 comedy album from Stiller and his wife.

Im sad to say that my father, Jerry Stiller, passed away from natural causes, his son said in a tweet. He was a great dad and grandfather and the most dedicated husband to Anne for about 62 years. But the character wasnt working until Stiller suggested his reincarnation as an over-the-top crank who matched his wife scream for scream. Ben Stiller recalled trips with his sister to California when his parents would head west to do television appearances. Stiller joined Seinfeld in 1993, and moved on to King of Queens when the other Jerry & company went off the air in 1998.