Foster Brooks



Foster Brooks

Foster Brooks on the Dean Martin show.

A little trivia:

''People seemed very surprised to learn that he didn't drink at all,'' said Teri Elmendorf, Mr. Brooks's daughter. ''They seemed to think he must have had at least one cocktail before going onstage.''

Instead, she said, Mr. Brooks had given up alcohol and cigarettes on a bet in the 1960's, when he was experiencing lean years in Hollywood.

Mr. Brooks died at the age of 89 in 2001.