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BIOGRAPHY:

Louis Perry Anderson is an American stand-up comedian, actor, author and game show host, known for Life with Louie, Splash, The Louie Show, Baskets and Search Party.

Louie Anderson, whose more than four-decade career as a comedian and actor included his unlikely, Emmy-winning performance as mom to twin adult sons in the TV series Baskets, died Friday at a hospital in Las Vegas of complications from a type of non-Hodgkin lymphoma.



TRIVIA:

• In 1981, met comedy legend 'Henny Youngman' (qv), and began writing one-liners for him.
• Formerly worked as a counselor at a home for abused children.
• Enjoys butter.
• Shortly after the attacks on New York City of 9-11-01, Louie came up with the idea that they do a special NYC police vs. firemen week for the show, the prize money going to the NYPD and FDNY Widow's Fund. Louie put his own personal money to start a pot at the beginning of the week -- $75,000.
• In 2000, Anderson was blackmailed by a man threatening to reveal to tabloids that Anderson allegedly approached him in a California casino requesting sexual acts in 1993. Fearing the story would threaten his starring roles in two family-oriented series, Louie initially paid a large amount of extortion money, but when the blackmailer's demands increased, Louie went to the police. The man was arrested and sentenced to 21 months in prison.
• Biography/bibliography in: "Contemporary Authors". New Revision Series, vol. 137, pages 2-3. Farmington Hills, MI: Thomson Gale, 2005.
• 30 September 2003 - Recovering in an LA hospital for treatment of an undisclosed heart problem.
• "The Real Ghostbusters" (1986) character Dr. Ray Stantz was based on his voice and appearance, Dan Aykroyd's appeal to the occult and technical know-how and John Belushi's comedic delivery.