#comedy legends

Gilda Radner with her husband, Gene Wilder, shortly before her death from ovarian cancer in 1989.

She was only 42.

In her memoir, It’s Always Something, Gilda wrote about the brutal reality of cancer treatment — months of chemotherapy, radiation, fear, pain, and still somehow, hope.

She and Gene had dreamed of having a child together. They conceived, but as her cancer was beginning, they lost the baby.

It makes this photo even more heartbreaking.

Gene wasn’t just her husband.

He was her safe place.

Her partner. Her protector. Her soulmate.

Gilda spent her life making people laugh, even when her own life became unimaginably hard.

And Gene carried her love forward after she was gone.

Some love stories are beautiful because they last forever.

Ginger Rogers & Cary Grant

Steve Martin guest stars with members of Monty Python in 1989 for Parrot Sketch Not Included – 20 Years of Monty Python, a special commemorating the 20th anniversary of Monty Python's Flying Circus.

Python member Graham Chapman, who was terminally ill with cancer at the time, filmed scenes for the special, but was not included in the sketch above. The above sketch, by the way, was cut from the final version because, in the words of Terry Jones, "This is just terrible, we can't do this."

DAME PENELOPE KEITH (1940-Died June 29th 2026,at 86).

English actress. Active in film, radio, stage and television, where she was also a presenter, Keith was primarily known for her roles in the British sitcoms The Good Life as Margot Leadbetter,and To the Manor Born,as aristocrat Audrey fforbes-Hamilton She succeeded Lord Olivier as president of the Actors' Benevolent Fund after his death in 1989 and was appointed Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire (DBE) in the 2014 New Year Honours for services to the arts and to charity.

Keith joined the Royal Shakespeare Company in 1963 and went on to win the 1976 Olivier Award for Best Comedy Performance for the play Donkeys' Years. She became a household name in the UK playing Margo Leadbetter in The Good Life (1975–1978), winning the 1977 BAFTA TV Award for Best Light Entertainment Performance.