Harvey Korman has Died

Harvey Korman (81) died last evening at UCLA Medical Center after suffering complications from the rupture of an abdominal aortic aneurysm four months ago, his family said. He had undergone several major operations. Harvey’s daughter Kate Korman said:

"He was a brilliant comedian and a brilliant father. He had a very good sense of humor in real life."

Harvey had an operation in late January on a non-cancerous brain tumor and pulled through "with flying colors," Kate Korman said. Less than a day after coming home, he was re-admitted because of the ruptured aneurysm and was given a few hours to live. But he survived for another four months. Kate added:

"He fought until the very end. He didn’t want to die. He fought for months and months."

Mel Brooks said of Harvey:

"A world without Harvey Korman, it’s a more serious world. It was very dangerous for me to work with him because if our eyes met we’d crash to floor in comic ecstasy. It was comedy heaven to make Harvey Korman laugh."

It’s always sad when good people, who have brought so much joy to so many, pass away leaving a void to be filled.