{"id":15602,"date":"2026-04-30T21:01:33","date_gmt":"2026-04-30T21:01:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thepatswalk.com\/?p=15602"},"modified":"2026-04-30T21:01:33","modified_gmt":"2026-04-30T21:01:33","slug":"after-battling-parkinsons-for-so-many-years-the-beloved-star-passed-away","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thepatswalk.com\/?p=15602","title":{"rendered":"After battling Parkinson\u2019s for so many years, the beloved star passed away"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-start=\"0\" data-end=\"174\"><span class=\"hover:entity-accent entity-underline inline cursor-pointer align-baseline\"><span class=\"whitespace-normal\">Richard Lewis<\/span><\/span>, the legendary comedian known for turning anxiety and honesty into comedy gold, has passed away, leaving fans and friends in shock.\u00a0<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"emoji\" role=\"img\" draggable=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/s.w.org\/images\/core\/emoji\/17.0.2\/svg\/1f494.svg\" alt=\"\ud83d\udc94\" \/><\/p>\n<p data-start=\"176\" data-end=\"373\">The star of stand-up and\u00a0<span class=\"hover:entity-accent entity-underline inline cursor-pointer align-baseline\"><span class=\"whitespace-normal\">Curb Your Enthusiasm<\/span><\/span>\u00a0had been battling Parkinson\u2019s disease and undergoing multiple surgeries in recent years, speaking openly about his health struggles.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"375\" data-end=\"499\">He was deeply supported by his wife,\u00a0<span class=\"hover:entity-accent entity-underline inline cursor-pointer align-baseline\"><span class=\"whitespace-normal\">Joyce Lapinsky<\/span><\/span>, whom he married in 2005 after meeting in 1998.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"501\" data-end=\"718\" data-is-last-node=\"\" data-is-only-node=\"\">Tributes from friends like\u00a0<span class=\"hover:entity-accent entity-underline inline cursor-pointer align-baseline\"><span class=\"whitespace-normal\">Larry David<\/span><\/span>\u00a0and\u00a0<span class=\"hover:entity-accent entity-underline inline cursor-pointer align-baseline\"><span class=\"whitespace-normal\">Bette Midler<\/span><\/span>\u00a0highlight his lasting impact\u2014remembered not just for making people laugh, but for making them feel understood.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>Richard Lewis, the legendary comedian known for turning anxiety and honesty into comedy gold, has passed away, leaving fans and friends in shock.\u00a0 The star <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/thepatswalk.com\/?p=15602\" title=\"After battling Parkinson\u2019s for so many years, the beloved star passed away\">[&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":15603,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-15602","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thepatswalk.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15602","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thepatswalk.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thepatswalk.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepatswalk.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepatswalk.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=15602"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/thepatswalk.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15602\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15604,"href":"https:\/\/thepatswalk.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15602\/revisions\/15604"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepatswalk.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/15603"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thepatswalk.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=15602"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepatswalk.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=15602"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepatswalk.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=15602"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}