George Burns–a beloved comedian who launched his show-business career at age 7, became a movie star at 79 and dreamed of playing London’s Palladium Theater at 100–died Saturday less than two ...

Actress Marlo Thomas grew up surrounded by comedy legends, from her father, Danny Thomas, to George Burns and Bob Hope. Thomas shares her comedic roots and asks today's top comedians how they ...

Cigar-smoking comic George Burns, one of America’s most enduring entertainers, joined his beloved wife and comedy partner, Gracie Allen, on a heavenly stage yesterday, dying just weeks after ...

If you like to chase your Frank Sinatra with a shot of George Burns, a Vineland restaurant has the perfect evening planned for you. Marciano’s Restaurant will host a “A Tribute to Frank ...

(Originally published by the Daily News on March 11, 1996.) Before we loved Lucy, before Ralph and Alice were Honeymooners, George Burns and Gracie Allen were charming America as stars of their own… ...

GEORGE Burns defied the show business facts of life after the death of his wife, Gracie Allen, by proving one half of a comedy double act can have a… ...

Larry Gelbart: If you want to hear my favorite George Burns story, one of my first writing partners was a man named Sid Dorfman.And when Sid and I ended our association, Sid went to work with ...

Many dream of meeting a favorite television star, but few would imagine becoming their lifelong idol. Alan Safier, a die-hard George Burns fan, has done just that.Safier will transform into the ...

Frank Gorshin is in the alley, next to the Helen Hayes Theatre, just off Times Square, and even though it’s the middle of a summer afternoon, it’s a dark and dreary place, a setting mor… ...

Oct. 3, 1934: The World Series matchup between the Detroit Tigers and the St. Louis Cardinals became a part of the act when George Burns and Gracie Allen took to the airwaves of WQAN in Scranton. O… ...

George Burns — the indefatigable entertainer whose staying power became the last, most endearing gag in a graceful, laugh-filled career — died yesterday morning at his home in Beverly Hills.