{"id":27117,"date":"2025-09-16T11:31:08","date_gmt":"2025-09-16T11:31:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news-vm.com\/?p=27117"},"modified":"2025-09-16T11:31:08","modified_gmt":"2025-09-16T11:31:08","slug":"we-had-to-say-goodbye-to-a-legendary-actor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news-vm.com\/?p=27117","title":{"rendered":"We had to say goodbye to a legendary actor"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Richard Lewis, legendary stand-up comedian and actor, has died at 76. 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