![]() ![]() "He was one of the most positive people I ever knew, and we'll dearly miss him."ĭaily saved scenes instead of stealing them like other sidekicks of the era. Whenever we were having trouble with a script on the show, we'd have Bill make an appearance," Newhart said. Newhart, now 89, said in a statement Saturday that he and Daily had been friends since both were trying to break into comedy in Chicago in the 1950s, and Daily was a clutch comedian that could make anything work on the sitcom. Just two years later he landed a very similar role and had an even longer run on "The Bob Newhart Show," playing aviator Howard Borden behind Newhart's psychologist Dr. I'm so thankful to have known and worked with that rascal." "He was a funny, sweet man that kept us all on our toes. "Billy was wonderful to work with," Eden said. Anthony Nelson as both men tried to contain the antics of Jeannie, the childlike blond bombshell who lived in a bottle played by Barbara Eden.Įden said on Twitter Friday night that Daily was "Our favorite zany astronaut." Healy was the astronaut partner to Larry Hagman's Maj. Roger Healy in all five seasons of "I Dream of Jeannie" from 1965 to 1970. Patrick Daily, spokesman Steve Moyer told The Associated Press.ĭaily was not a household name but he was a household face, familiar to many millions of baby-boomer viewers in the 1960s and '70s from two of the era's biggest shows. Daily died of natural causes in Albuquerque, New Mexico, on Tuesday, at his home where he had been living with his son, J. ![]()
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