Gallagher, watermelon-smashing comic, useless at 76
Comedian Gallagher, exceptional acknowledged for his
watermelon-smashing comedy recurring and lots of famous
specials withinside the 1980s, died Friday morning, in accordance
his supervisor Craig Marquardo. He become 76.
According to a announcement supplied to CNN with the aid of
using Marquardo, the comic died “after a quick fitness battle” and
“handed away surrounded with the aid of using his own
circle of relatives in Palm Springs, California.”
Gallagher, born Leo Gallagher, have become a family call
withinside the early ’80s with a comedy unique titled
“An Uncensored Evening,” the primary comedy get up unique ever
to air on cable television, in line with an obituary shared with the aid of using Marquardo.
sledgehammer he referred to as the “Sledge-O-Matic,” which he
might use to wreck meals on stage, spraying the audience.