US actor Bob Newhart dies aged 94 following ‘series of short illnesses’

Bob Newhart with a bronze sculpture (Alamy/PA)

US comedian and actor Bob Newhart has died at the age of 94 “after a series of short illnesses”, his publicist Jerry Digney announced in a statement to the PA news agency.

The accountant-turned entertainer “died at home in Los Angeles” a year after his wife of 60 years Virginia “Ginnie” Newhart, who died in April 2023.