Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. In the pantheon of comedy history, few bits are as polarizing as Gallagher’s Sledge-O-Matic. The late prop comedian, whose legal ...

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Comedian Gallagher, best known for his watermelon-smashing comedy routine and many popular specials in the 1980s, died Friday morning, according his manager Craig Marquardo. He was 76. According to a ...

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.

(KTLA) — Standup comedian Gallagher, perhaps best known for smashing watermelons as part of his act, has died at age 76, his manager confirmed to multiple media outlets. Born Leo Anthony Gallagher Jr.

Comedian Gallagher, best known for his watermelon-smashing comedy routine and many popular specials in the 1980s, died Friday morning, according his manager Craig Marquardo. He was 76.