Jun 02
Paul Sills Dies
Posted by Slobokan @ 21:41 · 109 words · print
Paul Sills, one of the founders of the improvisational comedy group "The Second City," which has turned out some of America's best-known comedians, died Monday. He was 80.
Sills died at his home in Baileys Harbor, Wis., of complications from pneumonia, said his daughter, Aretha Amelia Sills.
The troupe said in a statement on its Web site Monday that "the influence of Paul Sills on the American Theatre can not be exaggerated."
Sills helped found the comedy institution in 1959, along with its precursor "The Compass Players." Second City helped launch the careers of John Belushi, Bill Murray, Gilda Radner, Stephen Colbert and Mike Myers.
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