ENTERTAINMENT – Comedian Garry Shandling dead at the age of 66

Actor and comedian, Garry Shandling, creator of the Larry Sanders Show, has died of an apparent heart attack at the age of 66. Alan Nierob, who is Shandling’s spokesman, said doctors at a hospital pronounced the comedian dead due to a heart attack.  Nierob added that Shandling never had a history of heart trouble. “Garry was a guiding voice of comedy,” said actor-comedian Bob Odenkirk. “He set the standard, and we’re all still trying to meet it.”