 That's Bob Newhart speaking with Brent Bambury in 2016. Bob Newhart died on Thursday at the age of 94. Newhart was well-known and well-loved as a stand-up comedian and TV sitcom actor. He was also a diehard, long-suffering Chicago Cubs fan. In 1945, when the Cubs won the National League pennant, a 16-year-old Bob Newhart was there on the streets of Chicago celebrating his team.