Tom Smothers, the older half of the Smothers Brothers comedy duo whose hit CBS variety show of the late 1960s was canceled amid controversy arising from sketches that skewered politicians and the Vietnam War, died Dec. 26 at his home in Santa Rosa, Calif. He was 86.
Democracy Dies in Darkness
Tom Smothers, half of Smothers Brothers sibling comedy duo, dies at 86
Tom and Dick Smothers saw their CBS variety show canceled in 1969 after censors cut sketches that skewered politics and the Vietnam War
By Fred A. Bernstein
December 27, 2023 at 12:10 p.m. EST