Obituaries
Emmy Award-winning writer Bob Einstein, who was best known as cocky stuntman Super Dave Osborne and Larry David’s newly devout friend, Marty Funkhouser, on HBO’s “Curb Your Enthusiasm,” has died.
Jan. 2, 2019
Real Estate
In Beverly Hills, the English country-style home of late actor-comedian Bob Einstein has sold for $3.694 million.
Sept. 25, 2019
The English country-style home of late comedian Bob Einstein is on the market for $3.95 million in Beverly Hills.
July 23, 2019
Movies
Thelma Bernstein, a former singer and actress and the mother of comedy filmmaker and actor Albert Brooks, comedy writer and actor Bob Einstein and advertising executive Clifford Einstein, has died.
May 31, 2006
Television
No doubt about it: Super Dave Osborne is very strange. Funny. But strange.
Nov. 21, 1987
Super Dave Osborne, the daredevil stunt man who always fails so dramatically--and comically--has vaulted from NBC’s “Van Dyke and Company” (1974) to Showtime’s “Bizarre” (1979-1984) to his current variety show, “Super Dave,” on the cable network.
Oct. 21, 1990
Just outside the Rio Hotel, an acrobat does flips on a trampoline.
Jan. 1, 1995
Music
Kanye West used traditional tactics to respond to the most recent flurry of critiques against him: more new music and Twitter thrashings.
Feb. 24, 2016
Books
Charles Einstein, a writer best known for his books on baseball, including a well-regarded memoir of Willie Mays, has died.
March 16, 2007
Business
Walt Disney Co. has acquired Baby Einstein Co., a maker of award-winning toys, books and videos for babies and toddlers, in a bid to cash in on the expanding developmental learning market.
Nov. 7, 2001