Seinfeld Uncle Leo dies - People Magazine

Jerry Seinfeld (left) and Len Lesser, on Seinfeld

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Len Lesser, best known as Uncle Leo from Seinfeld steal the show - "Hello Jerry!" was his motto - died of pneumonia related to cancer in a care facility in Burbank, California, it was announced Wednesday. He was 88th

"The sky was a great comedian and actor of today," said his daughter Michelle in a statement.

Uncle Leo, Los Angeles Times in 1998 Lesser said: "This is the type that is to avoid offending a total of one hour and the kind of guy you put on the attraction. It is very expansive in nature and which has one.

The New Yorker, the College with a degree in economics and city government in 1942 before serving in the army during World War II, began his acting career in 1954 and appeared in movies Birdman of Alcatraz Kelly's Heroes, Butterfly and Clint Eastwood The Outlaw Josey Wales. "

In addition to Seinfeld 1989-98, the other television Lesser included in Get Smart, The Munsters, The Rockford Files, ER and Everybody Loves Raymond, where he played a-like character named Leo Garvin, a lodge brother Raymond's father Frank (Peter Boyle).

Reports indicate that Lesser, a father of two children, divorced in 1982 after 28 years of marriage leave.