Leslie Nielsen

format_quote Doing nothing is very hard to do ... you never know when you're finished.

stars  He was given a Golden Palm Star on the Palm Springs, California, Walk of Stars in 1997.

stars  As a final part of the humor, he kept “Let ‘er rip” as his epitaph.

stars  Nielsen was admitted to Holy Cross Hospital, Fort Lauderdale, Florida in November 2010, and diagnosed with a severe case of pneumonia. On November 28, that year his nephew Doug Nielsen, told the CJOB radio station that Nielsen sadly passed away in his sleep around 5:30 pm EST surrounded by family and friends. His body was interred in Fort Lauderdale’s Evergreen Cemetery.

stars  In his free time, Leslie would often play golf. On the other hand, he was also quite the prankster and was mostly known for pranking people with a portable hand-controlled fart machine.

stars  Some of his most-notable work had been in Forbidden Planet, The Poseidon Adventure, Airplane!, Police Squad!, The Naked Gun, Creepshow, Mr. Magoo, and Wrongfully Accused.