US comedian Don Rickles - the voice of Mr Potato Head in the Toy Story movies - has died at the age of 90.
Rickles' publicist and friend Paul Shefrin said he passed away at his home in Los Angeles from kidney failure.
Born in New York, his rapid-fire delivery was often ad-libbed, Rickles saying that he had developed a brand of 'mockery humour' because he was not good at performing more conventional jokes, earning him the nickname "Mr Warmth".
His style delighted Hollywood royalty, nightclub audiences, and politicians by - all in good fun - hurling invective at them.
Those subject to his put-downs included Dean Martin, Johnny Carson and Frank Sinatra.
When Sinatra attended one of his shows, Rickles quipped: "Hey, Frank, make yourself at home. Hit somebody."
Sinatra laughed.
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