The show, starring Jackie Gleason and Art Carney, premiered on this day in 1955. Fifty-seven years later the show has become a cult favorite and its scenes acted out by devotees that rival those ...

“Jackie Gleason is an artist of the first rank,” wrote Novelist John ... He is willing to bet $100 a hole in a golf game, ... while losing a handicap match on TV to Open Champion Arnold ...

The last time Jackie Gleason's name was officially connected to the PGA Tour event that is now the Honda Classic was 1980, eight years after the popular entertainer lent his celebrity status to ...

JTC THE GREAT ONE: THE LIFE AND LEGEND OF JACKIE GLEASON. William Henry III. Doubleday. 321 pages. $22.50. When Jackie Gleason died on June 24, 1987, the TV networks scrambled to put together late-… ...

How sweet it was. Jackie Gleason, “The Great One,” died Wednesday night at his home in Lauderhill. He was 71. Gleason’s wife, Marilyn, said he died quietly and comfortably at 7:20 p.m. He ...