According to published reports, Larry Storch has joined Abe Vigoda, Paul McCartney and Generalisimo Franco in death rumors. But as Mark Twain said, rumors of his death were greatly exaggerated. After an erroneous wikipedia entry, rumors started in the close-knit New York City comedy community that Larry Storch, Corporal Agarn from F-Troop, was dead. It took Drew Friedman, a close and personal friend of Storch, to stem the rumors with a personal post. Larry Storch is alive and playing his saxophone. New York comedy fixture, Nancy Lombardo, long time emcee at The Friars Club, posted her suspicions that the rumors were false “Larry Storch’s Wikipedia page put up his death notice several hours ago but has since removed it. Perhaps like the 35 year old false rumors of Abe Vigoda’s death, Larry is still alive and well. Fingers crossed. Stay tuned.” Larry Storch was a member of the comic fraternity The Friars Club. Storch is best remembered as Corporal Randolph Agarn on the TV series F-Troop which he starred along with Forest Tucker and Ken Berry. He also supplied the voice of Mr. Whoopie on the children’s cartoon Tennessee Tuxedo and His Tales. Storch also put out a few singles in the late fifties and early sixties, including a heavily British accented version of “Goody Goody.” Storch appeared in over 25 films. Along with Tony Curtis he acted in 40 Pounds of Trouble in 1962, Captain Newman, M.D. in 1963, Wild and Wonderful in 1964, Sex and the Single Girl in 1964, and The Great Race in 1965. Storch reunited with Curtis for a musical version of Some Like It Hot in 2003. He was also featured in the one-joke comedy documentary The Aristocrats in 2005. Storch was born in New York City and went to school with Don Adams, who played Maxwell Smart on Get Smart and who remained a lifelong friend. SOURCE: NATIONAL ENQUIRER Like us on Facebook and follow us on Twitter for all news updates related to the world of geek. And Google+, if that’s your thing!
