'Laugh-In,' 'Boston Legal' actor Henry Gibson dies (The Day)

Los Angeles - Henry Gibson, the veteran comic character actor best known for his role reciting offbeat poetry on “Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In,” has died. He was 73. Gibson's son, James, said Gibson died Monday at his home in Malibu after a brief battle with cancer. After serving in the Air Force and studying at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts, Gibson - born James Bateman in Germantown, Pa., in ...