Only Don Rickles could get away with insulting Frank Sinatra: “Make yourself at home, Frank – hit somebody.” Only Don Rickles (unlike Stephen Colbert) could get laughs from a sitting president by ...

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LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - There's a secret to the success of 81-year-old insult comedian and beloved American institution Don Rickles -- he cannot tell a joke. Sign up here. He's a comedian famed for ...

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NEW YORK (AP) — He was only kidding. Really. Don Rickles loved everybody: black or white, gay or straight, fat or thin. But don't get him started on his wife, or the time she dove into their swimming ...

Now an appreciation for a comedian who turned insult into art form. RICKLES: You're the governor, and if I got a cousin getting the chair, you better make that phone call. MARTIN: That, of course, the ...