Saturday, April 13, 2013

Gottfried: Jonathan Winters was mad brilliant

(CNN) — Jonathan Winters was not always in his right mind. I don't mean that only in the showbiz sense, but in the mental health sense. Jonathan, who died Thursday, was a nut as a comic, but also manic depressive and was institutionalized at least

Comedian Jonathan Winters, one of the most popular entertainers of his generation, has died. He was 87. “John passed away last evening at 6:45 p.m. surrounded by family and friends in Montecito, Calif., of natural causes,” family friend and

Jonathan Winters, who died Friday at 87, was a beloved comic whirlwind for generations, one whose influence on movie comics from Robin Williams to Jim Carrey to Sacha Baron Cohen is very apparent.

Comedian Jonathan Winters, one of the most popular entertainers of his generation, has died. He was 87. “John passed away last evening at 6:45 p.m. surrounded by family and friends in Montecito, Calif., of natural causes,” family friend and

I'm not sure how widely it was known that Jonathan Winters, whom Robin Williams thought the best comic of his generation, was a conservative. In any case, I sometimes used to show students in my classes on the American

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Gottfried: Jonathan Winters was mad brilliant

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