Thursday, February 17, 2011

Len Lesser, 'Seinfeld' Actor, Passes Away At 88

Actor Len Lesser, known for his "Seinfeld" role as good-tempered, bloody-minded Uncle Leo, died Wednesday morning in Burbank, California, from cancer-related pneumonia. He was 88 years old.
Reuters described that Lesser was allowed to a reclamation center by his house a lot weeks ago. His family line said he became flat in his sleep after breakfast and assured CNN that his deceasing was "really calm."
"Heaven acquired an avid comic and actor today," daughter Michele Lesser narrated the New York Daily News. "The barrage of understanding we've already received has been astonishing and is so greatly pleasing. Thank you to all the people who assisted cause my father's end travel particular and circled with love."
The veteran actor came along in exclusively fifteen installments of "Seinfeld," but arrived at a unforgettable bell ringer as the cheapskate uncle known for saying "Jerry! Hello!" whenever he saw his nephew. Lesser as well had a running appearing on "everyone dears Raymond" for Garvin, a friend of Raymond's father who all of the time abstracted his arms in excitation when he saw the title case in a reference back to his stint on "Seinfeld."
Besides his farseeing television life history as a bit actor, Lesser also served well in the ground forces during Second World War and worked in film beside Hollywood heavyweights alike Clint Eastwood, Steve McQueen, Lee Marvin, Dustin Hoffman, Barbara Streisand and Donald Sutherland. His final character was as a neighbor in a 2009 installment of ABC's "Castle."

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