In the pantheon of comedy history, few bits are as polarizing as Gallagher’s Sledge-O-Matic. The late prop comedian, whose legal name was Leo Gallagher, filled his stand-up performances with wordplay ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. NEW YORK (AP) — Gallagher, the long-haired, ...

Comedian Gallagher, best known for his watermelon-smashing comedy routine and many popular specials in the 1980s, died Friday morning, according his manager Craig Marquardo. He was 76. According to a ...

Gallagher, a prop comedian known for smashing watermelons on stage, has died at age 76. The funnyman was in hospice care when he died Friday morning at his California home as a result of organ failure ...