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Carol Burnett was “so close” to Steve Lawrence that she thought of him as family. The 90-year-old comedienne took to social media to mourn the passing of her friend Steve – who died on Thursday (08.03.24) at the age of 88 – as she recalled that he had appeared on her self-titled sketch show numerous times and became one of her “favourite” people to work with. She wrote on Instagram: “Steve was one of my favourite guests on my variety show, appearing 39 times. He was also my very close friend … so close that I considered him ‘family.’ He will always be in my heart.” The ‘Annie’ star was amongst…
From Wikipedia: Lawrence was born on July 8, 1935, as Sidney Liebowitz to Jewish parents in the borough of Brooklyn in New York City. His father, Max, was a cantor at the Brooklyn synagogue Beth Sholom Tomchei Harav, and his mother, Helen, was a homemaker.