Comedy legend behind some of the most loved movies of the 1980s, including ‘Airplane!’ and ‘The Naked Gun,’ dies

The Hollywood Reporter reports that the renowned comedy writer, producer, and director Jim Abrahams has passed away. He was eighty years old.

Joseph, Abrahams’ son, told the publication that his father passed away on Tuesday, November 26, at his Santa Monica, California, home from natural causes.

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