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LOS ANGELES (AP) — Garry Shandling, who as an actor and comedian masterminded a brand of self-inflicted phony docudrama with "The Larry Sanders Show," has died of an apparent heart attack.
Shandling's spokesman Alan Nierob said doctors at a hospital where the comedian was pronounced dead said it appeared he died of a heart attack. Nierob said Shandling had no history of heart trouble.
Coroner's Lt. David Smith said it appeared Shandling died of natural causes, but an official cause of death determination had not yet been made. Smith said no autopsy was planned, but officials would determine Shandling's cause of death based on medical records and his medical history.
Shandling was taken to a hospital after paramedics were dispatched to his Brentwood home around 10:40 a.m. Thursday, police and fire officials said.
His death stunned the comedy community, who praised Shandling's humor, kindness and efforts to support and promote them and their craft.
An innovative and eccentric humorist with pillowy lips and a voice that always seemed on the verge of a whine, Shandling claimed to disdain too much logic cluttering his life.
"The answer isn't gonna be in the facts," he told The Associated Press in 2009. "It's gonna be in intuition. That's how I work creatively. I'm always teaching people that the answer to that creative question is right here, in the room, between us here."
More to the point, it was dealing with the questions he confronted in himself.
Born on Nov. 29, 1949 in Chicago, Shandling was raised in Tucson, Arizona. On arriving in Los Angeles as a young adult, it was a short hop from a brief stint in the advertising business to comedy writing and stand-up.
Then in the 1980s, he began to experiment with TV comedy, and to toy with the sitcom form, with his first series, "It's Garry Shandling's Show," a Showtime project that made no bones about its inherently artificial nature: The actors in this otherwise standard domestic comedy routinely broke the fourth wall to comment on what they were up to. Even the theme song began with the explanatory lyrics, "The theme to Garry's show...."
Then, in August 1992, Shandling created for HBO his comic masterpiece with "The Larry Sanders Show," which starred him as an egomaniacal late-night TV host with an angst-ridden show-biz life behind the scenes.
It was just three months after Johnny Carson had retired from "The Tonight Show," where Shandling had appeared as a stand-up and occasional Carson stand-in. It seemed a wry but deeply felt homage to the King of Late Night.
But it was more. "Larry Sanders" proved to be an act of courage, a brave effort led by someone portraying a character dangerously close to himself. As Larry, Garry dug deep to confront his own demons, and did it brilliantly as the series teetered between dual realities: public and private; make-believe and painfully true.
Real-life celebrities appeared as guests on Larry's show-within-the-show, and also interacted with him "off the air."
David Duchovny, agreeing to come on the show, also came on to Larry romantically once he got the chance.
Jim Carrey delivered a rip-roaring comic tribute to his host on the final broadcast, then, during a commercial break, turned on him in rage over a long-ago slight.
"Are you doing a bit, now?" asked Larry, perplexed.
"We're OFF the air," Carrey hissed. "This is real life now."
The show explored the fuzzy distinction between TV life and real life, and the loneliness of someone at its crossing. The closest thing Larry had to friends were his chronically needy announcer Hank (Jeffrey Tambor) and his Napoleonic producer, Artie (Rip Torn). Together the three actors were among TV's best-ever trios.
"Garry was my dear friend and was and always will be my teacher," Tambor wrote in a statement. "Garry redesigned the wheel of comedy and he was the kindest and funniest of Geniuses. I will miss him so much."
Torn also expressed deep sadness about Shandling's death. "Working with him was one of the great privileges of my career," he wrote. "He was a comic talent of immense originality who enthusiastically encouraged and responded to the originality of others."
After "Sanders" ended in 1998, Shandling's public appearances were few.
He was mentioned as a candidate to follow David Letterman as a bona fide late-night host for CBS' 12:30 a.m. slot, but no deal was made.
"I would not do a show where you just sit and talk to somebody," Shandling had said back in 1993 when he was courted by NBC to take over for Letterman on "Late Night."
His films included "Hurlyburly" in 1998, "What Planet Are You From?" in 2000 and "Zoolander" in 2001.
He hosted the Emmy Awards in 2000 and 2004.
On the latter occasion, he spotted Donald Trump in the audience and congratulated the billionaire developer for hosting the Emmy-nominated "The Apprentice."
"Nice to see a man who's paid his dues, worked hard," Shandling said. "We all know what it feels like to have to build 80-story condos and gambling casinos just to get our foot in the door in show business."
Jamie Masada, owner of comedy club the Laugh Factory, said he met with Shandling a few weeks ago and the comedian didn't appear to have any health problems.
"He looked healthy as could be," Masada said.
"Garry Shandling, besides being a comedian, I always said he was a doctor of soul. He had a lot of kindness in him. He was a very generous person," Masada said.
In his own business dealings, Shandling became one of the rich and famous targeted by private eye Anthony Pellicano, who was sentenced to prison in 2008 on convictions of racketeering and more than six dozen other counts, including conspiracy, wire fraud and wiretapping in the Hollywood wiretaps case.
Pellicano was accused of wiretapping stars such as Sylvester Stallone and bribing police officers to run names of people, including Shandling, through law enforcement databases.
While Shandling never married, his most public romance was with "Sanders" co-star and fiancee Linda Doucett, who played Hank's comely assistant in the series' early seasons.
Doucett sued Shandling after he fired her following their breakup in the mid-1990s, receiving a reported $1 million settlement, The New York Times reported in 2006.
The news of Shandling's death brought an outpouring of reactions from performers who spoke of his impact.
"Garry was a guiding voice of comedy," said actor-comedian Bob Odenkirk. "He set the standard and we're all still trying to meet it."
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AP television writer Frazier Moore in New York contributed to this story.
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Broner is scheduled to defend his WBA (Super) Light Welterweight title against Theophane, but TMZ Sports reports that a warrant for his arrest has been issued in his hometown of Cincinnati.
The man who calls himself"About Billions"is accused of allegedly pulling a gun on and knocking out a man he had been placing bets with at a Cincinnati bowling on January 21, 2016.
The victim claims Broner racked up thousands of dollars in losses. When the man decided to head home with the money he had won, AB got angry.
The boxer allegedly waited for the man outside. During the confrontation, Broner punched the unidentified victim in the face.
Court documents obtained by TMZ state that after the punchBroner "then retrieved a handgun from his vehicle, approached the victim, demanded money, then struck [the victim] in the face with a closed fist a second time, this time causing the victim to be rendered unconscious. Broner was then observed taking money out of the victim's pockets while he was unconscious before fleeing the scene."
Broner has not made an official statement to the media as of yet, but he did post part of a conversation he had via text withESPNboxing writer,Dan Rafael.
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The Breakfast Club host explained that despite Michael lightening his skin in later years, he was still an African American man and Charlamagne thinks Jackson should be played by a Black man.
Hit the video below to hear the rest of our interview with Charlamagne, including his disagreement with DJ Vlad on Michael Jackson's best album.
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Tracklist:
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Freeway, the storied MC who was instrumental in the success of State Property and Roc-A-Fella Records, is a North Philly luminary and arguably the most revered lyricist to emerge from the City of Brotherly Love. Freeway has made indelible moves in Hip-hop with his sage and street-certified verses that resonate across the board. It’s his versatility and relatable appeal that has made Freeway one of the most sought after artists for collaborations across all niches from Kanye West and Rick Ross to Girl Talk, Jay-Z, 50 Cent, Just Blaze and more. In addition to his onslaught of hard-hitting new material, fans can flip on their radio and hear Freeway’s classic hits such as “What We Do” with Jay-Z and “Roc Da Mic” with Beanie Sigel.
Freeway is currently teaming up with Babygrande Records to add to his legacy with the release of his new album Free Will, the follow-up to his 2012 independent release Diamond in the Ruff and his critically acclaimed 2014 collaboration with world-recognized producer/DJ Girl Talk (Broken Ankles). Rejuvenated and determined, Freeway joins an ensemble of A-list producers to demonstrate that for this Hip-hop giant, making an extraordinary album takes nothing more than Free Will.
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“Today, we lost one of the pioneers in hip-hop today by the name of Phife Dawg, ya’ll,” he said, while fans chanted the late great’s name with phones and lighters in the air. “We’re gonna give it up to him for allowing me to do what I’m doing on this stage right here, right now, today.”
Kendrick then led the crowd as they chanted Phife's name. Watch below.
As everyone knows by now, Katt Williams, sucker punched a young boy, then got his ass handed to him by the teenager.
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2 Chainz’ headlining performance at The FADER FORT Presented By Converse was tragically cut off by thunderstorms this past Friday. But ahead of his scheduled set, he got to hang out backstage with fellow FADER cover alum Kehlani. They shared a joint of kush and compared sneakers—serendipitously, he was wearing one red and one blue, and hers had matching red and blue heel loops. Then they talked, about stick and poke tattoos, the pressure of putting out an album dropping a hit mixtape, tooting your own horn, and why 2 Chainz sleeps in his watch.
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