LOS ANGELES — Gallagher, the uninhibited prop comic best known for pulverizing watermelons — and assorted other food stuff — with a sledgehammer he called a Sledge-O-Matic, has died. He was 76.
The comedian, whose first name was Leo, died Friday of organ failure in Palm Springs, his longtime manager, Craig Marquardo, said. He had been in hospice care.
He had previously suffered numerous heart attacks, something he and David Letterman talked about on an appearance a few years back,” Marquardo said in a statement announcing the comedian’s death.
