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Nov 13, 2009 · On January 13, 1962, Ernie Kovacs, a comedian who hosted his own television shows during the 1950s and is said to have influenced such TV hosts as Johnny Carson and David Letterman, dies at...
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Ernest Edward Kovacs (January 23, 1919 – January 13, 1962) was an American comedian, actor, and writer. Kovacs's visually experimental and often spontaneous comedic style influenced numerous television comedy programs for years after his death.
Jan 13, 2016 · Ernie Kovacs was a cigar totin’, poker playin’, real gun-of-a-gun comedian who died in a tragic car accident in 1962 after driving home from a baby shower. His Chevrolet Corvair crashed into a telephone poll in Los Angeles during a light rainstorm.
Jan 13, 2022 · Kovacs was thrown halfway out the vehicle’s passenger side and died almost instantly from chest and head injuries. He and his wife, Edie Adams, were driving home separately from a baby shower in honor of the wife of comedian Milton Berle.
Apr 18, 2011 · Ernie Kovacs died after he lost control of his car on Santa Monica Boulevard on January 13, 1962. AP Photo
Jan 13, 2022 · Ernie Kovacs died in an early morning car crash in Beverly Hills on Jan. 13. He was 42 years old. Kovacs and his wife, Edie Adams, were attending a baby shower held at the home of Billy...
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Jun 10, 2024 · Ernie Kovacs (born Jan. 23, 1919, Trenton, N.J., U.S.—died Jan. 13, 1962, Los Angeles, Calif.) was an American television comedian. Kovacs created the television comedy variety show The Ernie Kovacs Show (1952–53, 1956) and became noted for his zany slapstick sketches.
