Gallagher, the mustachioed prop comedian who rose to prominence with smashed watermelons and garnered controversy later in life for racist and homophobic jokes, has died. He was 76. Craig Marquardo, ...

Gallagher always knew how to treat fans to something sweet. The prop comedian, who died of organ failure at 76 on Friday, was known for making a mess onstage. He was fond of picking up a sledgehammer ...

In the pantheon of comedy history, few bits are as polarizing as Gallagher’s Sledge-O-Matic. The late prop comedian, whose legal name was Leo Gallagher, filled his stand-up performances with wordplay ...

NEW YORK (AP) — Gallagher, the long-haired, smash-'em-up comedian who left a trail of laughter, anger and shattered watermelons over a decadeslong career, has died at age 76. *Billed as $4.00 plus GST ...

Comedian Leo Anthony Gallagher Jr., known by his stage nameGallagher, has died from organ failure, his family told NBC News. He was 76. His longtime and former manager, Craig Marquardo, also confirmed ...

LEWISVILLE, Texas - The comedian Gallagher is telling jokes after being taken out of a medically induced coma that doctors put him in following his heart attack last week in Texas. Doctors slowly woke ...

LEWISVILLE, Texas (AP) — The comedian Gallagher has been released from a Texas hospital, a week after suffering a heart attack before a performance at a suburban Dallas bar. His promotional manager, ...

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Gallagher — the mononymous American comic recognized for his prop comedy routine that involved smashing watermelons and other objects with a sledgehammer — has died. The comedian's son-in-law ...