Before he became a theatre actor, almost by chance, as it were, Palekar had been keen on a career in the visual arts ...

The U.S. was the last of the great Western nations to possess a national gallery of art. Yet now ... build no personal monument but a palace for Everyman, which would be a lasting glory to ...

He was 94. Newhart certainly looked the part of the weary everyman that he played so well on the comedy albums that launched his career, and on the two major sitcoms that bore his name — “The ...