Bob Newhart, whose stammering ... to uproarious audience laughter. “That was my wife Ginny’s idea,” Newhart explained to Parade magazine in 2013. “She said, ‘You should end the show ...

“Bob Newhart was the kindest most hilarious man ... Newhart married Virginia Quinn, known to friends as Ginny, in 1964, and remained with her until her death in 2023. They had four children ...