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TV's 'Laugh-in' comic Dick Martin dies in Calif      (AP)
TV's 'Laugh-in' comic Dick Martin dies in Calif (AP)
AP - Dick Martin, the zany half of the comedy team whose "Rowan and Martin's Laugh-In" took television by storm in the 1960s, making stars of Goldie Hawn and Lily Tomlin and creating such national catch-phrases as "Sock it to me!" has died. He was 86.
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RIP Dick Martin
Seriously? OMG! WTF?Dick Martin passed away yesterday at the age of 86. Dick Martin and Dan Rowan are now doing Laugh-In in heaven.

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