Charles Nelson Reilly, a Tony Award winner who later became known for his ribald appearances on the “Tonight Show” and various game shows, has died.

Before the greatly exaggerated rumours of his death caught up to reality earlier this year, the actor/director/game show fixture/gay pop-culture icon Charles Nelson Reilly liked to make mordant ...

LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Charles Nelson Reilly, the Tony Award winner who later became known for his ribald appearances on the "Tonight Show" and various game shows, died Friday. He was 76.