Joey Bishop, Dead at 89

The Misanthrope would have my head if I didn't make note of this while he's otherwise occupied...

Joey Bishop, the stone-faced comedian who found fame as a member of Frank Sinatra's Rat Pack, has died at 89. He was the group's last surviving member. Peter Lawford died in 1984, Sammy Davis Jr. in 1990, Dean Martin in 1995, and Sinatra in 1998.

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Opera is where a guy gets stabbed in the back, and instead of dying, he sings.
Robert Burns(1759-1796), poet


In the audience here: Frank Sinatra and Gene Kelly.




Read the New York Times obit here.