Larry Rickles, Don Rickles’ Late Son: 5 Fast Facts You Need to Know

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Comedy legend Don Rickles has died at the age of 90, as reported by the Hollywood Reporter today. His publicist Paul Shefrin made a public statement that Rickles had died of kidney failure at his home. The world has lost one of the most famous insult comics of all time. Though Rickles was a hard-working entertainer, he was also a family man. He had two children in his life and one of them was his son Larry Rickles. Read on for our facts on Larry Rickles below.


1. Larry Rickles Died at Age 41

Larry Rickles was born May 12, 1970, but he only lived to be 41 years old, passing away as the result of respiratory failure due to pneumonia, as stated by the Hollywood Reporter. Rickles died in Los Angeles, California on December 3, 2011.


2. Both Larry and Don Are Survived Mother and Wife Barbara Sklar

Barbara (Sklar) Rickles is the mother of Larry and wife of Don Rickles. She is also in the entertainment industry and she married husband Don on March 14, 1965. She was actually working as an agent’s secretary when they met and she later appeared in several television projects. Just recently, Sklar and late husband Don celebrated their 52nd wedding anniversary.


3. Rickles Was an Emmy Award-Winning Producer

Rickles was a film and television producer, who in 2008, won an Emmy award for his work on Mr. Warmth: The Don Rickles Project. This was a documentary on his father Don Rickles. As an insult comic, Don Rickles earned the sarcastic nickname “Mr. Warmth.”


4. He Was a Writer For the Show Murphy Brown

In 1996, Rickles won his way a writers workshop program at Warner Bros. and later went on to become a writer on the CBS hit TV sitcom Murphy Brown.


5. Actress Mindy (Rickles) Mann Is His Sister

Don and Barbara Rickles had two children together. Aside from son Larry Rickles, they had daughter Mindy, who is an actress known for Dealin’ with Idiots, Solar Crisis and Tales from the Crypt, according to IMDb. Mindy is married to husband Edward Mann and they have two children – Ethan Mann, Harrison Mann.