LOS ANGELES – Actor Arte Johnson, who won an Emmy for comedy sketch work on the television show “Laugh-In,” has died in Los Angeles. He was 90.
Family representative Harlan Boll says Johnson died early Wednesday of heart failure after a three-year battle with bladder and prostate cancer. No services have been planned, but his ashes will be spread in a private ceremony.
Johnson became known for his catchphrase “Verrry interesting” on “Rowan & Martin’s Laugh-In.” The Michigan native won an Emmy in 1969 and was nominated two more times through his work on the hit show.
One of his characters was Wolfgang, a cigarette-smoking German soldier who thought World War II was still going on.
Johnson’s other television appearances include “Bewitched,” “The Partridge Family,” “Lost in Space” and “The Donna Reed Show.”
