Lawrence Rickles (May 12, 1970 – December 3, 2011) was an American screenwriter and film and television producer. He won an
Emmy Award
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in 2008 for his work on ''
Mr. Warmth: The Don Rickles Project'', a documentary about his father, actor and comedian
Don Rickles
Donald Jay Rickles (May 8, 1926 – April 6, 2017) was an American stand-up comedian and actor. He became known primarily for his insult comedy. His film roles include ''Run Silent, Run Deep'' (1958) with Clark Gable, Carl Reiner's '' Enter La ...
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Rickles was born on May 12, 1970, in Los Angeles.
[ Don said on an episode of '']The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
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'' that Barbara conceived Larry while he was on set in the Istrian village of Vižinada
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in the former Yugoslavia
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(now Istria
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), while filming ''Kelly's Heroes
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'' in July 1969. He was the brother of actress Mindy Rickles.
Rickles began his career by working on set at several sitcoms
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.[ He was an actor in the 1999 movie ''David and Lola''. He was a member of the ]Writers Guild of America, West
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. He won admission into a Warner Bros.
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writing workshop
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in 1996, and the following year he was hired as a television writer for the CBS
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comedy series ''Murphy Brown
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''.[
Larry Rickles co-produced the 2007 ]HBO
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documentary about his father, '' Mr. Warmth: The Don Rickles Project''.[ The documentary won a ]Primetime Emmy
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for Outstanding Variety, Music, or Comedy Special in 2008 and Rickles received an Emmy for his work.[ Rickles' father also won a for his appearance in the film.][
Larry Rickles died of ]pneumonia
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in Los Angeles on December 3, 2011, at the age of 41.[
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