Louie Anderson, whose more than four-decade career as a comedian and actor included his unlikely, Emmy-winning performance as mom to twin adult sons in the TV series Baskets, died Friday. He was 68.
Anderson died at a hospital in Las Vegas of complications from cancer, said Glenn Schwartz, his longtime publicist, who had previously said Anderson had a type of non-Hodgkin lymphoma.
Anderson won a 2016 Emmy for best supporting actor for his portrayal of Christine Baskets, mother to twins played by Zach Galifianakis in the dark comedy series. Anderson received three consecutive Emmy nods for his performance.
He was a familiar face elsewhere on TV,
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