(KTLA) — Standup comedian Gallagher, perhaps best known for smashing watermelons as part of his act, has died at age 76, his manager confirmed to multiple media outlets. Born Leo Anthony Gallagher Jr.

Comedian Gallagher, best known for his watermelon-smashing comedy routine and many popular specials in the 1980s, died Friday morning, according his manager Craig Marquardo. He was 76. According to a ...

You’d think your own brother wouldn’t bust your watermelon. Produce-pulverizing comedian Gallagher didn’t have a problem with his younger brother, Ron, touring as a Gallagher impersonator, as long as ...

Gallagher, a prop comedian known for smashing watermelons on stage, has died at age 76. The funnyman was in hospice care when he died Friday morning at his California home as a result of organ failure ...

Gallagher has died at the age of 76. The legendary comedian - whose real name was Leo Anthony Gallagher Jr and who was known for smashing watermelons as part of his act - passed away on Friday ...

To mention Gallagher is to set up a word association that invariably ends at watermelon. There is perhaps no more easily identified signature act in physical comedy. Jeff Foxworthy may spew his “You ...