The man born Leo Anthony Gallagher Jr. built a nationwide following in the 1970s and '80s. He became increasingly controversial in recent years, chastised for racist and homophobic remarks.
Have I ever told the story about the time when comedian Gallagher came to Utica for a show to benefit Toys for Tots and ended up staying for nearly two months? Or the time he was a guest at our family's Christmas dinner and he offended my mother, and everybody else at the table? It's hard to believe, but it's all true.
By Geoffrey Huchel Gallagher, the comedian famous for his watermelon-smashing routine, passed away November 11, 2022, from organ failure while in hospice care in his Palm Springs, California home. He was 76. Gallagher was born Leo Anthony Gallagher on July 24, 1946, in Fort Bragg, North Carolina. He
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