Joey Bishop's Death
Born (Birthday) February 3, 1918
Death Date October 17, 2007
Age of Death 89 years
Cause of Death Multiple Organ Dysfunction Syndrome
Profession Comedian
The comedian Joey Bishop died at the age of 89. Here is all you want to know, and more!
Biography - A Short Wiki
Comedian, TV star, and member of the Rat Pack who starred in the sitcom The Joey Bishop Show from 1961 to 1965. He also had a prominent role in the original Ocean’s 11 film, which was released in 1960.
His parents were Jewish European immigrants and he married Sylvia Ruzga, who he had one child with, on January 14, 1941. His father was a bicycle repairman and his son Larry became a film director and actor.
Thereafter, Bishop had a longtime companion, Nora Garibotti. In failing health for some time, Bishop died at age 89 of multiple organ failure on October 17, 2007, in his home on Lido Isle, a man-made island in the harbor of Newport Beach, California.
Quotes
"Today you can go to a gas station and find the cash register open and the toilets locked. They must think toilet paper is worth more than money.
"My doctor is wonderful. Once, in 1955, when I couldn’t afford an operation, he touched up the X-rays.