Deaths elsewhere

Henry Gibson, the veteran character actor who came to fame in the late 1960s as the flower-holding poet on TV's landmark satirical comedy show "Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In," has died. He was 73. Gibson, who more recently played a role as cantankerous Judge Clark Brown on "Boston Legal," was part of the original ensemble cast of "Laugh-In," which ran on NBC from 1968 to 1973. LA TIMES