Paul Reubens aka Pee Wee Herman, dead at 70 PLUS why "Pee Wee Radio" never aired!
Daily Comedy News with Johnny Mac
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Ruben's Passed Away at Age 70
A statement on his Instagram said that Ruben's privately fought cancer for six years. He put out a posthumous statement which read, please accept my apology for not going public with what I've been facing these last six years. His character Pee Wee was created in the 1970s as a 10 minute bit when he was with the Los Angeles Comedy Troop of the Groundlings. Paul auditioned unsuccessfully for Saturday Night Live in 1980 and then went about creating the Pee Wee Herman Show. In 1986 Pee Wee's Playhouse a children friendly version of Pee Wee’s World aired on CBS for five years. The actor had some acting credits, Murphy Brown the black list
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