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Dom DeLuise

1 August 1933 - 4 May 2009

Actor

Closely associated with the work of his friends Burt Reynolds and Mel Brooks, DeLuise offered comic support in such films as Blazing Saddles (1974), Silent Movie (1976), History of the World, Part 1 (1981), a brace of Cannonball Run movies (1981, 1984) and The Best Little Whorehouse In Texas (1982).

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