RIP, MISTER WARMTH: Don Rickles Reported Dead at 90.

In addition to being the original insult comic, Rickles was a very good actor in films such as Kelly’s Heroes (where Rickles and Donald Sutherland’s wildly anachronistic psychedelic Oddball character made for a great comedic pairing), and Martin Scorsese’s Casino. Speaking of which, Rickles may have been the only comic in orbit of the Rat Pack that Sinatra allowed to make Mafia jokes.

UPDATE: Riffing like a maniac at President Reagan’s second anniversary: