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Del Close, born on March 9, 1934, in Manhattan, Kansas, was an American comedian. At age 23 he became a member of the Compass Players in St. Louis and later moved to New York City where he developed a stand-up comedy act. In 1960, Close moved to Chicago to perform at Second City but was fired due to substance abuse. He returned to Chicago in 1972 and began coaching many popular comedians. In the early 1980s, he served as "house metaphysician" at Saturday Night Live. During this period, Close also appeared in several movies, including portraying corrupt alderman John O'Shay in The Untouchables and an English teacher in Ferris Bueller's Day Off. He co-authored the graphic horror anthology Wasteland for DC Comics with John Ostrander. Del Close died of emphysema on March 4, 1999, at Illinois Masonic Hospital in Chicago.
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