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Norm Crosby, "Master of the Malaprop," Dies at 93

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Norm Crosby, the stand-up comedian who spent more than five decades amusing and bemusing audiences in nightclubs and on television as the "Master of the Malaprop," has died.

He was 93. Crosby died Saturday of heart failure at Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center in Los Angeles, his wife of 54 years, Joan, told The Hollywood Reporter.

The likable Boston native also appeared as a regular on Dean Martin's celebrity roasts and NBC variety program and on scores of talk shows, and he co-hosted Jerry Lewis' Muscular Dystrophy Association telethon for more than 25 years.

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