Obituaries.

Emmy-winning actor Harvey Korman of the Carol Burnett Show has died at the age of 81.

He suffered from complications from the rupture of an abdominal aortic aneurysm four months ago. He had undergone a number of surgeries.

The guy couldn't keep a straight face to save his life, especially when he was paired with Tim Conway.

Korman had four children from two marriages.

Here is a clip from the Burnett show that is nothing short of side-splitting:



And from the obituary:

Korman and Conway developed an uncanny rapport that made them arguably one of television's most lethal comic teams; Conway's on-camera ad-libs often made Korman crack up, and producers wisely kept them in the show.

For about eight years, until late last December, the pair toured the country in a stage show that, more than anything, was an homage to their years with Burnett. They performed about 120 shows a year.

"I don't know whether either one of us was the straight man," Conway said. "The most important thing in comedy when you're working together is for one guy to know when to shut up. And we both knew when to shut up; quiet show, actually."

One of their favorite routines from the Burnett show was the dentist sketch, "where I kind of anesthetize my entire body with Novocain" while trying to fill Korman's teeth, Conway told The Times on Thursday.

"They play it at all the dental schools, as kind of an introduction on how not to do it," Conway said.