The stars came out to honor beloved comedy legend FredWillard, who died last week at 86
After collaborating with Fred Willard on a number of late-night shows over the years, Jimmy Kimmel paid tribute to theThe late-night host dedicated the latest Friday night in Los Angeles of natural causes at the age of 86. "He was more than just funny. He had a light inside him; you could see a glint of it in his eyes. And it made everyone around him happy," Kimmel said at the top of the show.
Later, Kimmel said, "we started putting him in everything, every sketch." There were times, he added, when his writing team would pitch five ideas a day for Willard. "Sometimes he'd be in two bits per monologue ... we could not get enough Fred," Kimmel said. In a video compilation of his appearances, Willard can be seen playing Fred C. Trump, Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, and a Florida man named "Goose Halpern," among many other roles.
Later in the show, Kimmel invited some of Willard's notable collaborators to record memories of the actor. His co-star Catherine O'Hara remembered him as "wildly, unbelievably funny," which helped her to overcome her nerves in the film. Director Christopher Guest, who cast Willard in mockumentaries including
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