In the pantheon of comedy history, few bits are as polarizing as Gallagher’s Sledge-O-Matic. The late prop comedian, whose legal name was Leo Gallagher, filled his stand-up performances with wordplay ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. NEW YORK (AP) — Gallagher, the long-haired, ...

Prop comic Gallagher's promotional manager confirmed he would retire Monday after he suffered a minor heart attack in Arizona, his second attack in two weeks. "He is awake and recuperating," Gallagher ...

MARION, Ohio — The comedian Gallagher says he’s had his fill of performing live onstage for crowds and is retiring after 32 years. The Los Angeles-based comedian, whose full name is Leo Anthony ...

April 07--It has happened only a few times in the past four decades, but Sledge-O-Matic watermelon pulverizer Gallagher spent a night telling jokes in Uniontown-- and none of them made any cents.

LEWISVILLE, Texas (AP) – The comedian Gallagher is hospitalized in stable condition after suffering a heart attack at a North Dallas bar before going on stage for a show. Gallagher’s promotional ...

FILE – In this Nov. 18, 2006 file photo, comedian Gallagher smashes strawberry syrup and flour at the end of his performance at the Five Flags Theater in Dubuque, Iowa. Gallagher is hospitalized in ...

LEWISVILLE, Texas -- The comedian Gallagher is telling jokes after being taken out of a medically induced coma that doctors put him in following his heart attack last week in Texas. Comedian Gallagher ...

Gallagher is out of a medically-induced coma, his manager has confirmed. The comedian, who first became famous in the 1970s for his props-based physical comedy shows, was rushed to hospital on ...

NEW YORK (AP) — Gallagher, the long-haired, smash-’em-up comedian who left a trail of laughter, anger and shattered watermelons over a decadeslong career, has died at age 76. Craig Marquardo, in a ...