The man who made insults and ridicule a national institution, but was never anything that in real life, has passed away. Don Rickles, the so-called "Merchant Of Venom", died today from kidney failure at the age of 90. More here:
"I don't think of myself as a star. I didn't set out to become a star, I set out to become a singer. I would have sung no matter what. The star part is just something that they made up in Hollywood in 1930." - Linda Ronstadt