This is a little macabre but it's also Show Business History. Actor-comedians Albert Brooks and Bob ("Super Dave" Osborne) Einstein are the sons of a comic named Harry Einstein, who was big in radio playing a character named Parkyakarkus. Yes, that's right. Albert Brooks was named Albert Einstein before he changed it.
Sadly, one of the things Pa Einstein is remembered for these days is how he died. Fifty years ago yesterday, he appeared at a Friars Roast for Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz in Beverly Hills. He gave what was later reported as a hilarious speech and then, as he returned to his seat, he collapsed from a heart attack and never recovered.
Half the great comics of Hollywood were present that evening and some later said things like, "When I have to go, that's how I'd like to go…with the audience still applauding how funny I'd just been." I've heard about this evening for years, including a too-graphic description from Milton Berle, who was the one who caught Einstein when he fell. (Berle was one of the comedians who said what I just said a lot of funny people said.)
The Los Angeles Times has a blog where they reprint old newspaper pages and headlines. They've posted the page from the morning after here. In case you're interested.