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| 'Rat Pack' member Bishop dies, 89 | 'Rat Pack' member Bishop dies, 89 |
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| Comedian Joey Bishop, the last surviving member of Frank Sinatra's "Rat Pack", has died at the age of 89. | Comedian Joey Bishop, the last surviving member of Frank Sinatra's "Rat Pack", has died at the age of 89. |
| Bishop died of multiple causes at his home in California late on Wednesday, according to his friend and publicist, Warren Cowan. | Bishop died of multiple causes at his home in California late on Wednesday, according to his friend and publicist, Warren Cowan. |
| The Rat Pack took off in the early 1960s, performing at the Sands Hotel in Las Vegas. | The Rat Pack took off in the early 1960s, performing at the Sands Hotel in Las Vegas. |
| Besides Bishop and Sinatra the group included Sammy Davis Jr, Dean Martin and Peter Lawford. | |
| Bishop began as a stand-up comic before moving on to film and television. | |
| He starred in the Rat Pack films Ocean's Eleven in 1960 and Sergeants 3 in 1962. | |
| Bishop was born Joseph Abraham Gottlieb on 3 February 1918 in the Bronx. | |
| His wife Sylvia Ruzga, with whom he had one son, died in 1999. |