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Super Dave Osborne and 'Curb Your Enthusiasm' Actor, Bob Einstein, Dies At 76

Throughout his career, which spanned more than half a century, he delighted viewers as an inept stuntman and as Marty Funkhouser. He died on Wednesday after recently being diagnosed with cancer.

Bob Einstein, the gravelly-voiced comedic actor who delighted viewers by playing inept stuntman Super Dave Osborne and, more recently, by vexing Larry David on HBO's Curb Your Enthusiasm, died on Wednesday at age 76. He was recently diagnosed with cancer.

Einstein's career in show business spanned.

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