Jay Thomas, Comic Actor Dies at 69

Jay Thomas, a comic actor who starred on the sitcoms_ Murphy Brown _and _Cheers_, has died 💐. He was 69. His agent reported that his death was due to cancer.

Thomas played the obnoxious TV talk show 📺 host Jerry Gold (and Candice Bergen's, on-again, off-again boyfriend) on Murphy Brown from 1989-98 after his stint as Rhea Perlman's husband Eddie LeBec, a player with the Boston Bruins, on Cheers from 1987-89.

For years, Thomas appeared with David Letterman 📺 on his late-night talk show during Christmas ❄️ season and told a great story centered on Clayton Moore, star of TV's The Lone Ranger.

UCJ, UNILORIN.