Gallagher : American Comedian, Dies at 76

Leo Anthony Gallagher Jr. (Comedian Gallagher), best known for his watermelon-smashing comedy routine and many popular specials in the 1980s.

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Born: July 24, 1946 in Fort Bragg, North Carolina, USA.

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Died: November 11, 2022 (age 76) in Palm Springs, California, USA.

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He was a writer and actor, known for Gallagher: The Maddest (1983), Over Your Head (1984) and Overboard (1987).

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For more than 30 years, he played between 100 to 200 shows per year.

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The first comedy stand up special ever to air on cable television, according to an obituary shared by Marquardo.

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Gallagher’s most famous bit involved a hand-made sledgehammer he called the “Sledge-O-Matic”.

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People began to take notice in 1975 when he performed his brand of prop comedy on Johnny Carson’s famed “The Tonight Show.”

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