JERRY STILLER

Estelle Harris, who hollered her way into TV history as George Costanza’s short-fused mother on “Seinfeld” and voiced Mrs. Potato Head in the “Toy Story” franchise, has died.

Norman Lloyd, the distinguished stage and screen actor known for his role as a kindly doctor on TV’s “St. Elsewhere,” has died at 106.

The world also said goodbye to U.S. Rep. John Lewis, a lion of the civil rights movement who died in July. Other former political figures who died this year include Egyptian leader Hosni Mubarak, New York Mayor David Dinkins, Arizona Gov. Here is a roll call of some influential figures who died in 2020 (cause of death cited for younger people, if available):___JANUARY___David Stern, 77. The guitarist who supplied the scratching, seething sound that fueled the highly influential British punk band Gang of Four. He fused African rhythms with funk to become one of the most influential musicians in world dance music.

In lieu of being able to gather together with family for a memorial service, Ben Stiller is celebrating his late father's life and legacy on TV with Jimmy Fallon. He really did, but he'd always say, 'But what I really care about is my kids and my kids being happy.'" And he said, 'I didn't care for it, didn't care for it,'" Ben recalled with a laugh. Ella had the commitment and she was shining up there, but I didn't feel like the rest of the kids were up to it." And he goes, 'I just didn't feel it.'

Ben Stiller is reflecting on his time with his father, the late Jerry Stiller, and the comedian's storied career. "My sister and I were able to be with him," Ben says of him and his sister, Amy Stiller. Noting that Jerry was "slowing down" in his final days, Ben added that one thing remained constant. And my dad really supported that," he recalls. Ben said that the origins of the character came from Jerry "not trying to be funny," but rather "putting everything into it."

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Jerry Stiller, who played two of American televisions most cantankerous fathers on the sitcoms Seinfeld and The King of Queens, has died aged 92, his son Ben Stiller said on Twitter on Monday. Im sad to say that my father, Jerry Stiller, passed away from natural causes, wrote Ben, a Hollywood comedian who appeared with his father in Zoolander and other movies. Jerry Stiller was part of a 1960s comedy team with wife Anne Meara. In 1993, Stiller had thought his entertainment career was nearing an end when he got a phone call from Larry David, co-creator of Seinfeld, about joining the cast led by comedian Jerry Seinfeld. Jerry Seinfeld on Monday paid tribute by posting a photo of himself holding The Last Two People in the World, a 1967 comedy album from Stiller and his wife.