Louie Anderson

Louis Perry Anderson (24 March 1953 to 21 January 2022) was an American stand-up comedian, actor, author and game show host. He created the cartoon series Life with Louie and the television sitcom The Louie Show, and wrote four books, including Hey Mom: Stories for My Mother, But You Can Read Them Too, published in 2018. He was the third host of the game show Family Feud, from 1999 to 2002, the first host of its third and current run. For his performance in the FX comedy series Baskets he received three consecutive Primetime Emmy Award nominations for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series and won once, in 2016. From 2003 through 2012 he performed a Las Vegas stand-up show called Louie: Larger Than Life.