Girthy yet exuberant. 1933-2009....of people that Jerry Lewis has outlived. Despite his weight, despite the stupid looking white hat he's been associated to, despite sounding like he's cornholed 25 dudes in one night, Dom Deluise was a cool actor. The man who's made a living on Mel Brooks movies (because, face it, when you buy a copy of Robin Hood: Men in Tights or History of the World, you can't help but feel that the purchase was well worth it) died in his sleep, of all things, at the age 75.
And the thing about Dom was, as one other blogger pointed out, he could say things that weren't ordinarily funny and make them downright ridiculously hilarious. His actions were just the icing on the proverbial cake of his laugh-fest. And afterwards, I can imagine, he'd pig out on that same cake. I've said all of that without making a crack about his weight. But then, again, looking at him, you couldn't say you didn't see his passing coming. With that said, I'm still waiting to make obituary columns on John Goodman (how the hell is he not dead yet?), Paul Prudhomme (who is that cajun chef who could be Dom's fatter, higher cholesteral evil twin brother), and Horatio Sanz (he's fat, not funnt, and I don't like him...simple enough).
The good folks at FilmDrunk dug up a sample of clips from his illustrious work:
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