{"p":{"5629144002":{"r":0,"s":1,"w":2376,"h":3000,"u":"/gcdn/presto/2020/08/25/USAT/e9222137-261a-489a-9f5f-447a973a97c4-BD_Bob_Newhart_0905.jpg"},"70761469007":{"r":2,"s":3,"w":5568,"h":3712,"u":"/gcdn/authoring/authoring-images/2023/09/04/USAT/70761469007-usp-entertainment-71st-annual-emmy-awards.jpg"}},"e":["Kevin Winter, Getty Images","No one ever listened funnier than Bob Newhart.\n
\nAny acting coach will tell you, of course, that an ability to really, fully listen to what another actor is saying is one of the trade’s essential tools. It’s one thing to do so when someone is actually speaking to you – but to appear to listen when nothing is being said? Newhart, who died Thursday at 94, turned that into an art.\n
\nThe Illinois-born former accountant made entertainment history with his sitcoms. Look back and his life and career through the years.","Robert Hanashiro, USA TODAY","The droll standup comedian and actor died at home in Los Angeles after a series of short illnesses, his longtime publicist Jerry Digney announced.\n
\nHere, Ben Stiller and Bob Newhart present the award for supporting actor in a comedy series during the 71st Emmy Awards at the Microsoft Theater on Sep. 22, 2019."],"i":["5629144002","70761469007","70761470007","5629156002","3648996002","107231844","36827501","107185728","5629148002","5629159002","5629154002","5629111002","5629109002","5629114002","5629113002","5629117002","5629115002","5629116002","5629120002","5629157002","5629112002","5629118002","5629149002","5629146002","5629107002"],"s":"entertainment","ss":"entertainment:celebrities","t":"entertainment:celebrities","st":"entertainment:celebrities","cc":"entertainment:celebrity","n":"Bob Newhart dead at 94: His life in photos","pd":"2020-09-05T13:00:12Z"}