Red Buttons appears at an American Film Institute gala at the Beverly Hilton Hotel on Feb. 18, 1999. (Ken Hively / LAT)
Academy Award winner Red Buttons and wife Alicia Pratt arrive at the 75th Annual Academy Awards at the Kodak Theatre on March 23, 2003. (Robert Gauthier / LAT)
Red Buttons arrives at a memorial tribute for Bob Hope at the Academy of Arts and Sciences in North Hollywood, Calif. The rich, the famous and the comedic all came to pay tribute to the man who sang “Thanks for the Memories.” (Anne Cusack / LAT)
Red Buttons, left, and Pamela Sue Martin — cast members of the 1972 film “The Poseidon Adventure” — pose after arriving at the premiere of “Poseidon” on May 10 in Los Angeles. (Kevork Djansezian / AP)
