a funnyman who honed his shtick in vaudeville, Milton Berle was credited with popularizing the medium of television
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The 76-year-old funnyman went on to connect the death of his wife to that of his daughter, Katherine, who died by suicide in February.—Jessica Schladebeck, New York Daily News, 16 May 2026 And so, for his final weeks, the funnyman has welcomed an assortment of friends and A-listers, from his fellow late-night hosts Kimmel, Oliver, Meyers, and Fallon, to the likes of Tom Hanks, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, and former president Barack Obama.—Marlow Stern, Variety, 15 May 2026 But the longtime funnyman is also a family man and a dad of four.—ABC News, 12 May 2026 Lord and Miller are boisterous funnymen, with a flair for the exaggerated and the outlandish that feels born of their frequent work in animation.—Justin Chang, New Yorker, 13 Mar. 2026 See All Example Sentences for funnyman