Joe Bologna: Cracking Jokes Till the Very End

Actor, writer and director passed away Sunday at age 82

Joe Bologna, Renee Taylor

A number of doctors were part of Joe Bologna’s final months on the West Coast: most notably Roger Lerner and David Hoffman from Cedars Sinai, and Vincent Chung and Stefanie Mooney at City of Hope. All worked together to prolong the life of their patient.

Bologna passed away Sunday morning, at age 82, from pancreatic cancer. Per his publicist Dick Guttman, here is one of the final moments he shared with friends and family in Duarte, Calif:

His longtime friend, Dr.

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