16 August 2024<\/time>\n<\/p>\nTragic \u2018America\u2019s Got Talent\u2019 comic Perry Kurtz has been hailed as a \u201cstaple in the comedy community\u201d who will be \u201cgreatly missed\u201d.<\/p>\n
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Tragic \u2018America\u2019s Got Talent\u2019 comic Perry Kurtz has been hailed as a \u2018staple in the comedy community\u2019 who will be \u2018greatly missed\u2019<\/p>\n
The stand-up \u2013 who made his name after appearing in series eight of \u2018AGT\u2019 and on \u2018The Late Late Show with James Corden\u2019 \u2013 was killed aged 73 on Thursday (15.08.24) in a hit-and-run in the LA neighbourhood of Tarzana, with his passing coming to light on Friday.<\/p>\n
His agent Dante Rusciolelli has now issued a tribute statement to the much-loved comic, telling the New York Post: \u201cGolden Artists Entertainment and myself are personally devastated by this news. <\/p>\n
\u201cPerry was not only a client, he\u2019s been my friend since 1987. <\/p>\n
\u201cHe has been a staple in the Los Angeles comedy community for decades and will be greatly missed. Our prayers are with his family.\u201d<\/p>\n
\nA source also told MailOnline Perry used to delight companions with \u201cstories for days\u201d about his late comic friend Robin Williams \u2013 who he supported at a show in 2014, before the stand-up took his life that year aged 63.<\/p>\n
\nThe insider added Perry was \u201calways chasing his next career goal and how to make people laugh and be on TV\u201d.<\/p>\n
\nThey added: \u201cThough tragic the way he went, he would be loving everyone talking about him right now.\u201d<\/p>\n
\nPerry\u2019s death was confirmed by the LA County Medical Examiner\u2019s Office \u2013 with an official cause of death being deferred pending an autopsy.<\/p>\n
\nHe was struck by a grey Honda Civic at around 11.20pm on Thursday according to law enforcement sources cited by TMZ, and pronounced dead at the scene.<\/p>\n
\nTMZ has reported a suspect has been arrested on suspicion of felony hit-and-run causing death.<\/p>\n
\nHe was travelling between shows when he was killed, with his daughter Zelda Velazquez also confirming his death in a social media post.<\/p>\n
\nThe Los Angeles Fire Department pronounced the victim dead at the scene and Foxla has reported police have arrested an 18-year-old suspect on suspicion of felony hit-and-run causing death.<\/p>\n
\nOfficials in the LAPD said Perry was crossing the street at Ventura Boulevard and Melvin Avenue when a car allegedly being driven by the teen struck the comic.<\/p>\n
\nThe teenager is said to have been arrested after a witness contacted authorities an hour after the crash.<\/p>\n
\nThey apparently saw the suspect\u2019s vehicle \u201coddly parked\u201d and with a \u201cbroken windshield\u201d.<\/p>\n
\nWhen Perry appeared on \u2018AGT\u2019 in 2006 he rapped about the judges but was rejected with three \u2018No\u2019s\u2019 from the panel.<\/p>\n
\nBut his stand-up career took off and in 2018 he appeared on James Corden\u2019s \u2018The Late Late Show\u2019 where he stunned fans by playing an instrument with his tongue.<\/p>\n
\nHis comedy career started in the 1970s with gigs at comedy clubs in LA and New York.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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