Popular U.S. television comedian Soupy Sales has died. He was 83 years old.
Sales died Thursday at a hospice in New York City. He suffered from a number of health problems.
The U.S. comedy icon was wildly popular in the 1950s and 1960s. He is best remembered for his pie-in-the-face acts, with thousands of pies smashed over his career.
His television career began with a 1950s children's program that developed into the popular . He played a host of characters in the show, which featured puppets and popular stars.
Celebrities including Frank Sinatra and Shirley MacLaine appeared on his show to be splattered with a pie. His television fame had begun to fade by the late 1960s, but he continued to appear as a guest in various television shows.
Sales was born Milton Supman in Franklinton, North Carolina, in 1926. He is survived by his wife and two sons.