Death and Legacy
On Monday, January 11, 1982 after Lynde had failed to turn up for a birthday celebration, his friend Paul Barresi became alarmed. When he and other friends could not get an answer on the phone or from knocking on his door, they finally broke into his Beverly Hills, California home where Lynde was found dead in his bed. The coroner ruled the death a heart attack. Lynde's cremated remains are interred at Amity Cemetery, in Amity, Ohio, where he is buried next to his brother Johnny and sister Helen.
Paul Lynde's popularity has continued after his death. According to cartoon creator/voice actor, Seth MacFarlane, the voice of Roger the Alien on the Fox television show American Dad! was modelled after him. The voice and humor of Queer Duck character Bi-Polar Bear – voiced by Ren & Stimpy and Futurama actor Billy West – is also done in the style of Paul Lynde, as was the supervillain The Scoutmaster in the Simpsons episode Radioactive Man. Steve Carell reprised Lynde's role as "Uncle Arthur" in the 2005 film Bewitched, very much in Lynde's style. The voice of Big Cheese on Samurai Pizza Cats was a Paul Lynde impersonation. The voice and humor of William A. Mummy on the GSN game show Late Night Liars is performed in the vein of Paul Lynde as well.
Actor/comedian Michael Airington also plays Paul Lynde in the show Oh My Goodness it's Paul Lynde and An Evening with Paul Lynde, recreating Lynde's 1976 live show, and in Off Center: The Paul Lynde Show. Airington licenses the rights from the Paul Lynde Estate.
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