August 3, 1994 I thought that I was near death from alcoholism.
Early the next day I was rushed to the ER and turned my life around a day, sometimes a minute at a time. If you’re struggling you can get help. I did.
8/4/21
27 years sober.🙏♥️☮️
I loved these three guys. They’re gone.
I’m battling Parkinson’s but I’m still in the game. To all of you still alive, disheartened over one thing or another, take a moment to try and be grateful for the chance to still have a life with some joy. ❤️🙏🌈
Great news for me! Although I’m still recovering from three surgeries and missing Season 11 of Curb, LD called me and asked if there was any chance if I felt strong enough to do one episode!
I am and here I’m on the set to shoot it. I’m so grateful.🙏
@HBO
#curb
6/29/47
Goodness. I guess in a few hours I’ll turn 76!
I’ve been clean and
#sober
nearly 29 years but now I’m fighting another disease,
#Parkinson
’s. I pray I stay strong no matter how dark it can feel at times and be of service to those who like myself, can feel hopeless. ❤️RL
This is Joyce, Richard’s wife. Thank you for your loving tributes. He would be beyond thrilled and so touched, as am I. In response to the many queries , I know Richard would appreciate donations in his memory to the Los Angeles based charity or the…
August 4th, 1994
Sober 28 years
Life is beautiful and unpredictable.
If you follow me you know I had 3 surgeries since 2019…
The streak continues after a spill last week has me here after hip replacement.
Im sober&and grateful for being able to heal and still love and be loved
With four surgeries in the rear view mirror and now battling Parkinson’s, I intend to battle the sonofabitch!
It can’t be harder than stand-up! 🎤😎🌈⭐️🤞🙏
MJF, my admiration and gratitude for you is boundless. Watching this interview both terrified and emboldened me. I too,have Parkinson’s. Truthfully, I struggle with acceptance and gratitude but you’re a beacon of hope. I love you. ❤️RL
@MichaelJFoxOrg
Old pals are disappearing.
Belzer passed today.
Love to his family.
In happier times this is us a few days before selling out Town Hall.
We practically started our careers the same moment in NYC.
He made me laugh a billion times.
RIP Belz❤️
There I was a few hours ago in my trailer on location to shoot my last scene of
#Curb12
.
Hard to believe we started in 2000. The cast and crew all knew we were working for a genius. When that rarity happens, no one ever takes a moment for granted. We love you LD.
I’m in shock.
I knew him forever. ♥️to his loved ones. His long career is hard to match. His role on
#curbyourenthusiasm
was excruciatingly brilliant! Our cast and crew will be devastated.
He was so loved. He told me how much he loved LD and Curb. RIP buddy.
@HBO
June 29,1947.
OMG! I’ll be 75!
I devoted my life to comedy. I’ve been blessed . I’ve been loved. I’ve been lucky.
I’m shocked that my astonishing wife stuck with such a basket case. I’m sober nearly 28 years. I’ve been through hell occasionally but a spiritual path saved me.❤️
July 2, 1947
Sure LD, keep mocking me for being 75. Guess what, pal? At midnight. Brooklyn, NY time, you’re 75 too!
Happy Birthday, old man. By the way, I can’t have a better friend.
#curb
@HBO
Laughter and music has kept me sane. Curb
has been a blessing since 2000. In this outtake I froze coming up with a company name and LD lost it with me just like in real life. ☮️🌈
To my fans who are struggling…
Try and do something positive for yourself each day and if you can, reach out to someone in worse shape. I’ve been dealing with chronic pain the past few years after multiple surgeries.
For me, life can be hellish with bouts of euphoria. ❤️🙏☮️
Bravo!
@peterframpton
!
You crushed opening night on your “Never say Never “ tour! We’re now both battling diseases without cures and your attitude and positivity helps millions.
Much love, pal.
Aug 4th
Sunday
25 yrs sober
25 years ago today I probably would have been a needless casualty.
Miraculously I have a life.
My love and prayers to those who think recovery is impossible and to my loved ones and fans and especially my recovering sisters and brothers.❤️🙏☮️
Gilbert, I don’t want to believe this. I loved him. I’m heartbroken for his beautiful family. Say it ain’t so. For almost 40 years his spectacular comedy blew me away.
You can’t be funnier. My God, all who experienced him are crushed. Say it ain’t so.🙏♥️
Man, I had a great 75th birthday! Lots of love and laughs. My wife is out in the garden, full of energy, while sweet Lila is keeping me company during an old-timer’s nap.♥️🐶
Jonathan Winters had a comedic, improvisational mind unlike anyone before or after. He was a best friend and father-figure to me. He died 52 years sober and his love for me was both surreal and profound.
R.I.P. buddy.
Life can turn to shit in one moment. My heart aches for his whole often a ruthless business he was historically not just hilarious but more importantly one of the kindest human beings I ever met in my career.
June 29th,2021
I’m grateful for being alive with a life in the arts but man…74!!!!!!
As my late pal, genius Warren Zevon said, “Enjoy every sandwich”
#Birthday
from Hell
Photo:
@bobgruen01
Alan Arkin
Big condolences to your family.❤️
RIP, man. How we laughed even on a short-lived TV series.
Your legacy is in rarified company.
How stunning was your craft! How you seemed to me almost god-like on the set, always looking for perfection.
I love you.
I’m back shooting Curb! I’m a lucky cat to be with my oldest pal who just so happens to be a genius. Don’t tell him I called him that or he’ll mock me to my grave. A 22 year ride so far! 🤡RL
@HBO
#curb
July 2, 1947
Three days after I was born, LD arrived in the same Brooklyn,NY hospital. We immediately started laughing and arguing and have been like brothers our entire lives. He’s not just one of America’s greatest humorists but to me family.
#birthday
@HBO
#Curb
Born 6/2947
What a miracle.
Sober almost 24 years!
Writing and performing jokes 50 years!
A great wife who somehow accepts my millions of flaws and loves me.
My dog loves me.
My pals are always there.
Part of LD’s Curb since 2000 . On 10th season!
I ❤️my fans!’
☮️RL
.
Ever since I started on
#curbyourenthusiasm
in 2000, I made sure I dressed in a way that would frighten Larry’s sensibilities and easily fuel mocking and insane arguments!
@HBO
God, I loved you, Ed!
You went out of your way to mock me and walk the walk of an actor where craft ruled. You had a career for an army of actors. Behind that gruffness was an extraordinary heart of gold! Your politics always growled for helping the disenfranchised .♥️
The Stones were in town. My pal, Ronnie Wood, said to come to a private dinner party with my wife. My friends Ringo and Jim Keltner were seated near Watts. Charlie moved over near my seat and we discussed Curb episodes! It was surreal. RIP sweet genius.
I’m off to shoot Curb 12
this morning. I wrap in a few days! I don’t just love LD but his two daughters are absolutely wonderful and brilliant. Here’s Cazzie with her make believe Uncle Richard.
#curb
Still reflecting on great memories to momentarily chill, while I try to comprehend all the darkness we’re living in, I was most fortunate being born in the same hospital three days before this genius.
@HBO
#curbyourenthusiasm
RIP Master. I was honored to make you laugh and be a friend.
As I spoke at Harvey Korman’s memorial that you oversaw, I said that without question, your work together was right next to Laurel&Hardy in craft and laughs. ❤️to your family. RL
What a great season of
#curb
@HBO
and after all my surgeries I was so grateful to at least be in one episode! Congrats to cast and crew and man do I hope LD comes back for a season 12. I’ll be ready!!!!!
☮️RL
For 23 years on
#curb
, more than anyone,
Larry has enlightened me
about my character defects.
I’m forever grateful yet hope to destroy him in Season 12!
#CurbYourEnthusiasm
I sure wish I was up to making the premiere.
I would’ve loved to have shared all the love in the room with my wife.
@HBO
and LD made a dream come true for countless dreamers.
I loved Lou. He was a pal. His raw poetry ranks alongside the greats. Here we are court-side. Who would’ve thought that he missed his calling as an NBA commentator?!
🎸🎸🎸🎸🎸🎸🎸🎸🎸
My heart breaks for his young child and the love of his life. His loss is both staggeringly shocking and quite the cautionary tale. I implore anyone who can, to watch CNN ‘s, “Remembering Anthony Bourdain.” Bear witness to his genius and to the unthinkable epidemic of suicides.
I had some great girlfriends so far on 12 seasons of
#curb
that LD ruined for me,but in real life, my wife, Joyce, has been my dream come true for 25 years.❤️
It’s been a bitch recovering from several surgeries this past year but I’m so grateful to have been able to at least make one episode in my 11th season on Curb. And dig these guest stars!!!! Yet again, LD rules and congrats to the cast and crew.❤️RL
#HBO
#CURB
I’m a New Yorker through and through.
See that attaché case?
It has thousands of new comedic premises for that night’s gig. Whether starting out at a joint in the Village or Carnegie Hall, I’d sit in Central Park and pour over them and visualize my set.
Photo:
@tomrapier
@artiequitter
Artie, this is my 1000th request over decades to beg you to surrender to your addictions. When you had time clean we had the most laughs sober. I love you. You’re beloved and a magnificent comedian cursed with self-loathing and fear. Give it up and live.🙏
Someone just sent me this shot with the great Rick Moranis.
That SCTV cast was so extraordinary that I can’t even put into words how astonishingly hilarious they were. Untouchable!
I’ve finally retired from professional stickball to focus on sharpening my wit, before I start filming
#curb
to feel confident that I’ll destroy LD in all arguments next season.
Photo
@tomrapier
Some years back at lunch at the Chateau Marmont in Hollywood with my pal, the legendary Malcolm McDowell and his friends, he grabbed my phone and tried as usual to mock me, this time by reading some review of a standup gig of mine.
2/4/24 The beginning of the end. (I think)
Congrats to LD, the cast , the crew and the fans worldwide pushing us to always be better than the season before.
I was in EP 1 season 1 and keep an eye out for me in EP 10 season 12.👍🏼✌️⭐️
#curbyourenthusiasm
“....the Democrats hate the Jews.”
Oh is that true, President piece of sh’t?!Where’s the outrage for this from all Jews and decent Americans? This fuckin,
Hitler-in-Training is goose-stepping our Democracy into a 2022 rubicon vote between humane people and sociopaths.
Not a day goes by since August 4,1994, that I don’t quietly thank the late, legendary,CSN&Y drummer, Dallas Taylor, for coming to my house
making it clear that if I didn’t get clean and sober I’d become another needless casualty.
#sobriety
I have to tell you, man…the last season premiering Feb.4 is the best! I’m really depressed LD is seemingly done with the show . That said, faith had kept me sober almost 30 years and helping me not quit battling Parkinson’s.
🙏⭐️✌️RL
@HBO
#curbyourenthusiasm
@StreamOnMax
18 yrs ago to the day, LD asked me to play his friend on
#curbyourenthusiasm
The good news was I would work for arguably the Norman Lear of this generation....the bad news was that I had to portray honestly my insane self and reveal my darkest flaws!
@HBO
@HBO_UK