Louie Anderson, Emmy-Winning Comedian, Dies At 68

LOS ANGELES (AP) โ€” Louie Anderson, whose four-decade career as a comedian and actor included his unlikely and Emmy-winning performance as mom to twin adult sons in the TV series โ€œBaskets,โ€ has died at age 68.

Andersonโ€™s publicist Glenn Schwartz says the comedian died Friday in Las Vegas.

The publicist had said earlier this week that Anderson was hospitalized for a type of non-Hodgkin lymphoma.

Heโ€™d been a familiar face elsewhere on TV, including as host of a revival of the game show โ€œFamily Feudโ€ from 1999 to 2002, and on comedy specials and in frequent late-night talk show appearances.