Ben Stiller and Kaley Cuoco lead tributes to ‘comedy royalty’ Bob Newhart: ‘Watching him was a privilege’

Legendary comedian Bob Newhart’s death on July 18 at the age of 94 has been met with an outpouring of tributes from fellow comics, actors, athletes and more.

The unconventional stand-up comic and sitcom star of The Bob Newhart Show, who also made feature appearances in Elf and The Big Bang Theory, died at his Los Angeles home after a series of short illnesses, his publicist Jerry Digney said.

“And we lose another comedy legend,” Bridesmaids director Paul Feig tweeted. “I had the honor...