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NewsOctober 26, 2009

NEW YORK -- Actor Lou Jacobi, who was known for comic roles and won praise in dramatic ones over a long career in the theater and movies, died Friday at his home in Manhattan. He was 95. Jacobi made his Broadway debut in 1955 in "The Diary of Anne Frank," and nine other Broadway plays...

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NEW YORK -- Actor Lou Jacobi, who was known for comic roles and won praise in dramatic ones over a long career in the theater and movies, died Friday at his home in Manhattan. He was 95.

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Jacobi made his Broadway debut in 1955 in "The Diary of Anne Frank," and nine other Broadway plays.

Jacobi was in some two dozen movies and numerous TV shows, including "The Man From U.N.C.L.E."

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