After battling Parkinson’s for so many years, the beloved star passed away

Away from the spotlight, his anchor was his wife, Joyce Lapinsky, whom he met in 1998 at a Ringo Starr album party.

Their marriage in 2005 gave him a late-in-life steadiness that fame never could. As tributes pour in from Larry David, Bette Midler,

Albert Brooks, and countless fans, one truth cuts through the grief: Richard Lewis didn’t just make people laugh.

He made them feel seen, and he gave everything he had until his heart finally gave out.