 Bob Newhart has died at age 94. Jerry Digney, Newhart's publicist, says the actor died Thursday in Los Angeles after a series of short illnesses. The accountant-turned-comedian gained fame with a smash album and became one of the most popular TV stars of his time. Newhart was a Chicago psychologist in The Bob Newhart Show in the 1970s and a Vermont innkeeper in Newhart in the 1980s. Both shows featured Newhart surrounded by eccentric characters. Marianne Mija, NCN News.