{"id":13245,"date":"2026-02-27T23:30:14","date_gmt":"2026-02-27T23:30:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fnews55.com\/?p=13245"},"modified":"2026-02-27T23:30:14","modified_gmt":"2026-02-27T23:30:14","slug":"celebrating-don-rickles-a-true-comedy-icon-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fnews55.com\/?p=13245","title":{"rendered":"Celebrating Don Rickles: A True Comedy Icon"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The legendary comedian passed away Thursday at his Los Angeles home at the age of 90. He is survived by his wife, Barbara, his partner of 52 years\u2014whom he famously joked had jewelry shiny enough to signal ships\u2014as well as his daughter and two grandchildren. Rickles built a career spanning more than six decades, becoming renowned for his razor-sharp wit and fearless insult comedy. Whether playfully targeting friends, fans, or hecklers, he had a rare gift for turning the moment into laughter, cementing his place as one of comedy\u2019s most distinctive voices.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The legendary comedian passed away Thursday at his Los Angeles home at the age of 90. He is survived by his wife, Barbara, his partner of 52 years\u2014whom he famously joked had jewelry shiny enough to signal ships\u2014as well as his daughter and two grandchildren. Rickles built a career spanning more than six decades, becoming &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":18,"featured_media":13246,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13245","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/fnews55.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13245","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/fnews55.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/fnews55.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fnews55.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/18"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fnews55.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=13245"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/fnews55.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13245\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/fnews55.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=13245"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fnews55.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=13245"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fnews55.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=13245"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}