Rip Taylor, the flamboyant comedian known for spraying his audiences with confetti, has died at the age of 84
And David Alan Grier
, “Rest n Peace Mr. Taylor. Loved you, grew up watching you. Thank you for all the laughter you brought me.”Born January 13th, 1935 in Washington, D.C., Taylor — real name Charles Elmer Taylor — had a difficult childhood; Böll explains, “Abused and bullied, he said he discovered early that they weren’t hitting you if they were laughing.”
Taylor effectively got his start as an entertainer while serving in the U.S. Army during the Korean War, where he reportedly entertained his fellow soldiers during combat. He returned home with an act that, he admitted, mostly consisted of jokes stolen from USO shows. But he began gigging around the East Coast and the Catskills, which is when heTaylor soon landed a spot on; Sullivan would reportedly ask to book “the crying comedian.
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