 friend of the show, and guest for many, many years on The Howard Stern Show. Just a phenomenal guest, hilarious, open, emotional, funny, vulnerable, a great person, Richard Simmons was. Tributes also this week continue to pour in for Bob Newhart, the comedy icon known for a genteel and deadpan delivery, died Thursday in Los Angeles. Bob Newhart was very funny, and Bob Newhart was 94.