LC control no. | n 87117835 |
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Personal name heading | Martin, Dick, 1922-2008 |
Variant(s) | Martin, Dick, 1922-, comedian Martin, Thomas Richard, 1922-2008 |
Found in | nuc87-22420: Laugh-in based on Rowan & Martin's ... 1968 (hdg. on TU rept.: Martin, Dick, comedian) LC data base, 8/7/87 (hdg.: Martin, Dick, 1922-, comedian; no usage) New York times WWW site, May 27, 2008 (in obituary published May 26: Dick Martin; b. Thomas Richard Martin, Jan. 30, 1922, Battle Creek, Mich.; d. Saturday [May 24, 2008], Santa Monica, Calif., aged 86; veteran nightclub comic who with his partner, Dan Rowan, turned a midseason replacement slot at NBC in 1968 (Rowan & Martin's Laugh-in) into a hit that redefined what could be done on television) |