Today, we go back to 1976, when Johnny Carson interviewed his pal Jonathan Winters, playing an ex-president, ambitious senator, and concerned voter. In the beginning, there was Jonathan Winters.

Comedian Jonathan Winters Dies at 87 He was perhaps best known as a frequent guest on Johnny Carson’s "Tonight Show" during the 1970s and ’80s.

Comedian Jonathan Winters, whose breakneck improvisations inspired Robin Williams, Jim Carrey and many others, has died at age 87. Winters died Wednesday night in Montecito, Calif., of natural ...

Jonathan Winters was a crowd all by himself, guaranteeing that his multitude of characters, breakneck improvisations and kinetic clownishness kept generations of fans laughing. Winters, who died ...

Jonathan Winters, who died on Friday at age 87, had a talent ideal for the small screen. Though he did appear in several comedic classics, including “It’s a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World” and ...

Winters was born Nov. 11, 1925, in Dayton, Ohio. Growing up during the Depression as an only child whose parents divorced when he was 7, Winters spent a lot of time entertaining himself.

LOS ANGELES — Jonathan Winters, the cherub-faced comedian whose breakneck improvisations and misfit characters inspired the likes of Robin Williams and Jim Carrey, has died. He was 87. The Ohio ...

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Comedian Jonathan Winters, star of dozens of TV shows and movies like "It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World," has died at the age of 87, a family friend said on Friday.

Jonathan would just blow the doors off." Williams paid tribute to Winters on his Twitter page Friday. "First he was my idol, then he was my mentor and amazing friend," he wrote. "I'll miss him huge.