FILE – Peter Scolari arrives at the 68th Primetime Emmy Awards in Los Angeles on Sept. 18, 2016. Scolari, a versatile character actor whose television roles included a yuppie producer on “Newhart” and a closeted dad on “Girls” and who was on Broadway in “Hairspray” and “Wicked,” died Friday morning in New York after fighting cancer for two years, according to Ellen Lubin Sanitsky, his longtime manager. He was 66. (Photo by Richard Shotwell/Invision/AP, File)
Actor Peter Scolari has died at the age of 66. Best known for “Bosom Buddies”, “Newhart”, “Girls”, and more. Scolari died Friday morning in New York after fighting cancer for two years.
Girls Star Peter Scolari Dead at 66 https://t.co/6rvLU0Jv7p
— E! News (@enews) October 22, 2021
The creative team and cast of CBS’ Evil honored Peter Scolari, who died on Friday after a two-year battle with cancer. He was 66 years old. For Evil co-creator Robert King, Scolari “was one of the funniest – sneakily funny – actors we’ve worked with.”https://t.co/46RYhCUYq4
— Deadline Hollywood (@DEADLINE) October 22, 2021
Peter Scolari of TV shows ‘Newhart’ and ‘Bosom Buddies’ dies at 66 https://t.co/xpa5DTvTdD
— CNBC (@CNBC) October 22, 2021