A loss to the "That Guy" Family

Bruno Kirby died on August 14, 2006, at age 57 in Los Angeles from complications related to leukemia. According to the Associated Press and other news reports, his widow stated that he had only recently been diagnosed with the disease

Described by film critic Leonard Maltin as "the quintessential New Yorker or cranky straight man", Kirby displayed his talents in a series of comedies, typically playing fast-talking, belligerent, yet strangely lovable characters. His most well-known roles include a film editor in Modern Romance, a talkative limo driver in This Is Spinal Tap (1984) ), jealous, comedically-impaired U.S. Army officer Lt. Hauk in Good Morning, Vietnam (1987) and a shifty assistant to Marlon Brando — a parody of his Godfather role — in The Freshman (1990). Kirby balanced these comedies with dramatic roles in Donnie Brasco and Sleepers

Kirby and comedian Billy Crystal made a popular screen team in When Harry Met Sally... (1989) and City Slickers (1991). Both movies featured Kirby as the sidekick of Crystal's character

More recently, he played Phil Rubenstein in the HBO series Entourage.

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