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Red Buttons died Thursday in Los Angeles. He was one of the heavyweight comedians of the early 1950s with a big hit TV show... he didn't wear well for the long haul. He was considered finished in show business by 1955. Then came his Academy Award win for 1957's Sayonara, a dramatic turn. That film gave him his comeback, but for the most part Red Buttons' future prominence would be more for acting than stand-up performances.
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Red Buttons, 87, a burlesque-trained comedian who became an early television star and won an Academy Award for his dramatic portrayal of a star-crossed lover in "Sayonara," died July 13 at his home in Los Angeles. He had vascular disease.
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LOS ANGELES — Red Buttons, the impish former burlesque comic who became an early TV sensation and an Academy Award-winning character actor during a career that spanned more than seven decades, has died. He was 87.
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After a long illness, Buttons died Thursday at 87 of vascular disease in the Century Hills section of Los Angeles. He had a remarkably sustained career, including countless TV appearances after major movie roles dried up. But he will always be identified with the Friars Club brand of "Ho Ho" because at heart, he was always a stand-up comic.
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Buttons died of vascular disease on July 13, 2006 at his home in the Century City area of Los Angeles. He was 87 years old. Buttons had been ill for some time and was with family members when he passed away.[1]
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Buttons died of vascular disease at his home in the Century City area of Los Angeles, publicist Warren Cowan said. He had been ill for some time, and was with family members when he died, Cowan said.
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