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Ernest Edward Kovacs (January 23, 1919 – January 13, 1962) was an American comedian, actor, and writer. Kovacs's visually experimental and often spontaneous comedic style influenced numerous television comedy programs for years after his death.
Nov 13, 2009 · On January 13, 1962, Ernie Kovacs, a comedian who hosted his own television shows during the 1950s and is said to have influenced such TV hosts as Johnny Carson and David Letterman, dies at the...
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Jan 13, 2016 · Ernie Kovacs was a cigar totin’, poker playin’, real gun-of-a-gun comedian who died in a tragic car accident in 1962 after driving home from a baby shower. His Chevrolet Corvair crashed into a telephone poll in Los Angeles during a light rainstorm.
Ernie Kovacs, the American comedian , who died in a car crash at the age of 42. Get premium, high resolution news photos at Getty Images
Jan 13, 2022 · Comedian Ernie Kovacs died in a car crash in the early morning hours of Jan. 13, 1962 in Beverly Hills, California. Actress and singer Edie Adams was a native of Kingston.
Jan 13, 2022 · Kovacs was thrown halfway out the vehicle’s passenger side and died almost instantly from chest and head injuries. He and his wife, Edie Adams, were driving home separately from a baby shower in honor of the wife of comedian Milton Berle.
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This picture was taken seconds after Ernie Kovacs’ fatal smash-up. “If only I’d been with him” a grief-stricken Edie Adams sobbed, “it might not have happened.” Hollywood and the world have been saddened by the shocking death of Ernie Kovacs, and he will be missed greatly.
