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Lewis died at 5:30 p.m. at The Kilns, one week before his 65th birthday on Friday, November 22, after a variety of illnesses, including a heart attack and kidney problems. He had resigned his position at Cambridge during the summer and was then elected an Honorary Fellow of Magdalene College, Cambridge.
In 1949, at the suggestion of a friend, Lewis turned to acting and joined the Paul Mann Actor's Workshop in New York. Al worked in burlesque and vaudeville theaters across the country, which led to other theater endeavors and eventually to Broadway. By the 1950's he was on almost every live TV show out of New York. Al ran for governor of New York in 1998. Al Lewis died at the age of 83 on February 4, 2006 after a long illness.