Alan Brady, R.I.P.

The last of the great variety show comedians, Alan Brady, has died at the age of 98. Like most of then, Brady was rumored to not be the nicest man off-stage and there are tales of him verbally abusing his longtime producer Mel Cooley and of having an ego that dwarfed his talents in size and scope. Some even said he wasn't the comedic genius he claimed to be; that it was his fine writing staff that made him the star he was for so many years.

Perhaps. But let us not forget that he made an awful lot of people laugh over the years. So what if he wasn't the friendliest, most talented person in show business?