Dom DeLuise

Actor, comedian and chef dead at 75

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appearing in stage productions that ranged from comedies like "Kiss Me Kate" to Shakespeare's "Hamlet."

"I worked two years solidly on plays and moving furniture and painting scenery and playing parts," he remarked in a 2006 interview. "It was quite an amazing learning place for me."

While working in summer stock in Provincetown, Mass., he met actress Carol Arthur, and they were soon married. The couple's three sons, Peter, Michael and David, all became actors and all appeared with their father in the 1990s TV series "SeaQuestDSV," in which Peter and Michael were regulars. David was one of the co-stars of the hit children's series "Wizards of Waverly Place."

Besides his wife and three sons, DeLuise is survived by his sister, Anne, and grandchildren Riley, Dylan, and Jake. Memorial services will be private, the family said, and has asked that donations be made to DeLuise's favorite charities: The Elixir Fund, which supports cancer patients and their families; parrot rescue agency The Lily Sanctuary; The Hydrocephalus Foundation, which supports victims of the incurable brain condition; and the Pearl S. Buck Foundation.

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Associated Press writers Bob Thomas, Robert Jablon and Solvej Schou contributed to this report.

August 1, 1933 - May 4, 2009

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