Fred Willard, the Emmy-nominated actor who played clueless characters to perfection on Fernwood 2 Night and Everybody Loves Raymond, died Friday.
He was 86. Hollywood figures have taken to social media to pay tribute to the actor, who was known for such roles as Ed Harken in the two Anchorman films and received Emmy nominations for portraying Hank MacDougall, the conservative father-in-law of Brad Garrett's Robert, on Everybody Loves Raymondand for playing Frank Dunphy, father of Ty Burrell's Phil, on Modern Family.
On Twitter, Jamie Lee Curtis shared a clip from Willard's 2000 comedy Best in Show while writing: "How lucky that we all got to enjoy Fred Willard’s gifts.
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