Barbara Rickles , the widow of Don Rickles and a fictionalized target of his comic insults, died on what would have been their 56th wedding anniversary.
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Barbara Rickles, the widow of Don Rickles and a fictionalized target of his comic insults, died on what would have been their 56th wedding anniversary. Her death was confirmed by spokesman Paul Shefrin, who said she died Sunday at 84 at her home in Los Angeles. The cause was non-Hodgkins lymphoma. “They were incredibly devoted to each other. She was the perfect woman for Don and vice-versa,” Shefrin wrote on his Facebook page. In an email Monday to The Associated Press, he wrote that she knew his “take my wife” jokes “were part of the act.” A close friend, Bob Saget, tweeted: “So sad to lose the beautiful, funny, wonderful Barbara Rickles.” A native of Philadlephia, Barbara Sklar met her future husband through his film agent, for whom she worked briefly.
