Bob Newhart death updates — Grammy Award winning actor best known for role in Elf dies aged 94

ACTOR and comedian Bob Newhart best known for his roles in Elf and Legally Blonde has died aged 94.

Bob Newhart began as a comedian appearing on The Ed Sullivan Show. 

Shortly after, he transitioned to acting in The Alfred Hitchcock Hour and Catch-22.

Before playing Papa Elf, he also voiced Leonard the Polar Bear in the classic holiday animated movie Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer and starred in Legally Blonde 2.

Bob died Thursday morning, according to the Hollywood Reporter. His cause of death has not been revealed.

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