{"id":57274,"date":"2023-07-31T14:31:52","date_gmt":"2023-07-31T18:31:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/?p=57274"},"modified":"2023-07-31T14:35:49","modified_gmt":"2023-07-31T18:35:49","slug":"paul-reubens-best-known-as-iconic-character-pee-wee-herman-dies-at-age-70","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/2023\/07\/31\/paul-reubens-best-known-as-iconic-character-pee-wee-herman-dies-at-age-70\/","title":{"rendered":"Paul Reubens, Best Known As Iconic Character Pee-Wee Herman, Dies At Age 70"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-57275\" src=\"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Paul-Reubens-obit.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"666\" height=\"422\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Paul-Reubens-obit.webp 666w, https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Paul-Reubens-obit-300x190.webp 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 666px) 100vw, 666px\" \/>Paul Reubens was actor, writer, film producer, game show host, and comedian, best known for his character Pee-wee Herman. Reubens died Sunday night after a six-year struggle with cancer that he did not make public, his publicist said in a statement.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cPlease accept my apology for not going public with what I\u2019ve been facing the last six years,\u201d Reubens said in a statement released with the announcement of his death. \u201cI have always felt a huge amount of love and respect from my friends, fans and supporters. I have loved you all so much and enjoyed making art for you.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Paul-Reubens-vert.webp\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-57276\" src=\"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Paul-Reubens-vert.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"375\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Paul-Reubens-vert.webp 1279w, https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Paul-Reubens-vert-240x300.webp 240w, https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Paul-Reubens-vert-819x1024.webp 819w, https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Paul-Reubens-vert-768x961.webp 768w, https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Paul-Reubens-vert-1228x1536.webp 1228w, https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Paul-Reubens-vert-750x938.webp 750w, https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Paul-Reubens-vert-1140x1426.webp 1140w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>Reubens joined the Los Angeles troupe The Groundlings in the 1970s and started his career as an improvisational comedian and stage actor. In 1982 he began appearing in a show about a character he had been developing for years. The show, called <em>The Pee-wee Herman Show<\/em>, ran for five sold-out months, and HBO produced a successful special about it.<\/p><div id=\"morty-1371326329\" class=\"morty-content\"><script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-4937602850188786\" crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script><ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display:block; text-align:center;\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-4937602850188786\" \ndata-ad-slot=\"5227734695\" \ndata-ad-layout=\"in-article\"\ndata-ad-format=\"fluid\" data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\n<script> \n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); \n<\/script>\n<\/div>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/dUWy21bPGh4?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Pee-wee became an instant cult figure and, for the next decade, Reubens was completely committed to his character, doing all of his public appearances and interviews as Pee-wee. His feature film <strong><em>Pee-wee&#8217;s Big Adventure<\/em><\/strong> (1985), directed by the then-unknown Tim Burton, was a financial and critical success and soon developed into a cult film. Its sequel, <strong><em>Big Top Pee-wee<\/em><\/strong> (1988), was less successful. Between 1986 and 1990, Reubens starred as Pee-wee in the CBS Saturday-morning children&#8217;s program <strong><em>Pee-wee&#8217;s Playhouse<\/em><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/5yOIbskv5qg?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-57280\" src=\"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Paul-Reubens-chair.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"567\" height=\"850\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Paul-Reubens-chair.jpg 567w, https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Paul-Reubens-chair-200x300.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 567px) 100vw, 567px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Paul Reubens was actor, writer, film producer, game show host, and comedian, best known for his character Pee-wee Herman. 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