{"id":47051,"date":"2024-03-04T11:48:03","date_gmt":"2024-03-04T10:48:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/?p=2002432"},"modified":"2024-03-04T12:52:39","modified_gmt":"2024-03-04T11:52:39","slug":"curb-your-enthusiasm-pays-tribute-to-richard-lewis-after-his-death-aged-76","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/rss_feed\/curb-your-enthusiasm-pays-tribute-to-richard-lewis-after-his-death-aged-76\/","title":{"rendered":"Curb Your Enthusiasm pays tribute to Richard Lewis after his death aged 76"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"rssexcerpt\"> The late comic&#8217;s final scenes are still to come. <\/p><p class=\"rssauthor\">By David Craig\n                \t\t<\/p><p class=\"rssbyline\">Published: Monday, 04 March 2024 at 10:48 AM<\/p><hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/><?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"UTF-8\" standalone=\"yes\"?>\n<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><body> <p>Curb Your Enthusiasm season 12 has paid tribute to late co-star Richard Lewis, who <a href=\"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/comedy\/richard-lewis-dies-aged-76-newsupdate\/\">passed away last week<\/a> at the age of 76 after suffering a heart attack.<\/p>\n<p>The actor and comedian was a close friend to series creator Larry David and appeared in all 12 seasons of his acclaimed show, including the final run currently airing on HBO (in the US) and Sky Comedy (in the UK).<\/p>\n<p>On Curb, he plays a fictionalised version of himself opposite the heightened David, with the two clashing at numerous points across the series but often reconciling before too long.<\/p>\n<p>Lewis made a posthumous appearance in the latest episode of Curb Your Enthusiasm, which premiered in the US last night and airs tonight in the UK, with a memorial card appearing at the end of the episode.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"zxx\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/eygcwXEZET\">pic.twitter.com\/eygcwXEZET<\/a><\/p>\u2014 Curb Your Enthusiasm &#8211; Larry David Latest News (@curb_david) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/curb_david\/status\/1764501594689712580?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 4, 2024<\/a><\/blockquote><script async=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"\/>\n<p>It dedicates the chapter \u2013 titled Fish Stuck \u2013 to Lewis\u2019s memory, although <a href=\"https:\/\/tvline.com\/news\/richard-lewis-tribute-curb-your-enthusiasm-season-12-episode-5-1235176986\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">TVLine<\/a> reports that it was not his final Curb Your Enthusiasm episode, with more scenes featuring the comic expected later this season.<\/p>\n<p>When news of Lewis\u2019s death broke, David said in a statement: \u201cRichard and I were born three days apart in the same hospital, and for most of my life he\u2019s been like a brother to me.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe had that rare combination of being the funniest person and also the sweetest. But today he made me sob, and for that I\u2019ll never forgive him.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>Read more:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/comedy\/dead-hot-charlotte-coben-dad-harlan-exclusive-newsupdate\/\">Dead Hot\u2019s Charlotte Coben on what she learnt from working with dad Harlan<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/comedy\/small-town-big-story-first-look-exclusive-newsupdate\/\">Paddy Considine and Christina Hendricks in teaser pics for Small Town, Big Story<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Curb Your Enthusiasm is confirmed to be ending with season 12, which will bring the show to a remarkable 120 episodes across 24 years on our screens.<\/p>\n<p>David previously told <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/tv\/tv-news\/larry-david-insists-end-of-curb-your-enthusiasm-1235811180\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The Hollywood Reporter<\/a> that this is the definitive conclusion to the show, adding he will soon return to \u201cthe thoughtful, kind, caring, considerate human being I was until I got derailed by portraying this malignant character\u201d.<\/p> <p><strong>Curb Your Enthusiasm continues tonight at 9pm on Sky Comedy. Check out more of our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/comedy\/\">Comedy<\/a> coverage or visit our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/tv-listings\/\">TV Guide<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/streaming-guide\/\">Streaming Guide<\/a> to find out what\u2019s on.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><b>Try Radio Times magazine today and get 10 issues for only \u00a310 \u2013\u00a0<a id=\"OWAd6a6c3ba-49f5-0b08-841b-80c9962943d5\" href=\"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/magazine-subscription\/?utm_term=evergreen-article\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-auth=\"NotApplicable\" data-linkindex=\"0\" data-loopstyle=\"linkonly\">subscribe now<\/a>. For more from the biggest stars in TV, listen to\u00a0<a id=\"OWA71a5a05f-6651-b0f3-aeda-3d3d09b909b1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/audio\/podcasts\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-auth=\"NotApplicable\" data-linkindex=\"1\">The Radio Times Podcast<\/a>.<\/b><\/p> <\/body><\/html>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> The late comic&#8217;s final scenes are still to come. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":24,"featured_media":47052,"template":"","categories":[1,5],"acf":[],"uagb_featured_image_src":{"full":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2024\/03\/curb-your-enthusiasm-pays-tribute-to-richard-lewis-after-his-death-aged-76.jpg",2000,1334,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2024\/03\/curb-your-enthusiasm-pays-tribute-to-richard-lewis-after-his-death-aged-76-150x150.jpg",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2024\/03\/curb-your-enthusiasm-pays-tribute-to-richard-lewis-after-his-death-aged-76-300x200.jpg",300,200,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2024\/03\/curb-your-enthusiasm-pays-tribute-to-richard-lewis-after-his-death-aged-76-768x512.jpg",768,512,true],"large":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2024\/03\/curb-your-enthusiasm-pays-tribute-to-richard-lewis-after-his-death-aged-76-1024x683.jpg",800,534,true],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2024\/03\/curb-your-enthusiasm-pays-tribute-to-richard-lewis-after-his-death-aged-76-1536x1025.jpg",1536,1025,true],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2024\/03\/curb-your-enthusiasm-pays-tribute-to-richard-lewis-after-his-death-aged-76.jpg",2000,1334,false]},"uagb_author_info":{"display_name":"importmanagerhub@sprylab.com","author_link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/author\/importmanagerhubsprylab-com\/"},"uagb_comment_info":0,"uagb_excerpt":"The late comic's final scenes are still to come.","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rss_feed\/47051"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rss_feed"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/rss_feed"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/24"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/47052"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=47051"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=47051"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}