Louie Anderson

Who they were

Personal life In 1984, Anderson married Diane Jean Vono; [ 1 ] however, they divorced after four months. [ 2 ] In 1985, Anderson married his high school sweetheart, Norma J. Walker. [ 3 ] The marriage lasted only four weeks. [ 4 ] Blackmailing incident In 1997, Anderson was blackmailed by Richard John Gordon, who threatened to tell tabloids that Anderson sexually propositioned him in a casino in 1993. In 1997 and 1998, Anderson paid Gordon $100,000 in hush money ,

Louis Perry Anderson was an American stand-up comedian, actor, author and game show host. He created the cartoon series Life with Louie and the television sitcom The Louie Show, and wrote four books, including Hey Mom: Stories for My Mother, But You Can Read Them Too, which was published in 2018. Anderson was the third host of the game show Family Feud from 1999 to 2002 — the first host in its third and current run.

Early life

Educated at: Johnson Senior High School.

Early life Anderson was born and raised in Saint Paul, Minnesota , the son of Ora Zella ( née Prouty; 1912–1990), a Mayflower descendant, and Louis William Anderson (1901–1980). [ 1 ] [ 2 ] His father was a trumpeter for singer Hoagy Carmichael . [ 3 ] Anderson was the second youngest of 11 children in his family. In a 2016 interview on WTF with Marc Maron , Anderson revealed that his mother actually gave birth to 16 children,

Path and career

Awards / honours: Daytime Emmy Award and Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series.

Career Anderson at the 2012 Sin City Rules Premiere Party Anderson made his television debut on January 13, 1984, on Rodney Dangerfield 's Young Comedians Special on HBO . [ 1 ] 1980s Anderson made his first movie appearance alongside Dabney Coleman in the movie Cloak and Dagger as taxi driver #2 (released July 13, 1984), a small role with one line. [ 2 ] On November 20, 1984, Anderson made his network debut as a comedian on The Tonight Show . [ 3 ] In late 1985,

Death On January 18, 2022, it was announced that Anderson had been hospitalized in Las Vegas for large B-cell lymphoma ; he had first been diagnosed with cancer a decade earlier, but kept the information private. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] Anderson died of complications from the cancer on January 21 at age 68. [ 3 ] [ 4 ] ^ Greiving, Tim (January 21, 2022). "Louie Anderson, comedian and Emmy-winning TV actor, dies at 68" . The Washington Post . Retrieved January 29, 2022 .

Why this date

Louie Anderson appears on our January 21 calendar for 2022 as a death entry.