Tom Smothers, half of the Smothers Brothers and the co-host of one of the most socially conscious and groundbreaking television shows in the history of the medium, died Tuesday at 86.
Tom and Dick Smothers — aged 80 and 82, respectively — reunited Monday for several appearances at the Chautauqua Institution and the nearby National Comedy Center in Jamestown, N.Y., to commemorate the day 50 years ago when CBS canceled their show over their political impudence.
