![]() ![]() ![]() He was the #1 comedian in America for 15 years, with some of that due to the popularity of his stand-up specials airing on MTV in its early days, bringing him an entirely new audience. That was something else he liked to claim credit for, which was physically engaging the audience in that manner. Gallagher rose to fame from a clever bit he did with a hand-made sledgehammer he dubbed the ‘Sledge-O-Matic’, at which the end of the bit he would smash food onstage and spray it into the audience. He went on to do 12 more for Showtime over the next 27 years. This was the first comedy stand up special ever to air on cable television. Gallagher became a household name in 1980 with his comedy special “An Uncensored Evening’, which was directed by Mike Nesmith of The Monkees fame. He had previously suffered numerous heart attacks, something he and David Letterman talked about on an appearance a few years back. (ABC News) – The legendary comedian known as Gallagher has died at the age of 76.Īfter a short health battle, Gallagher, born Leo Gallagher, succumbed to his ailments and passed away surrounded by his family in Palm Springs, California.
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