Jimmy Kimmel Pays Tribute to Fred Willard: 'He Had a Light Inside Him'

After collaborating with Fred Willard on a number of late-night shows over the years, Jimmy Kimmel paid tribute to theThe late-night host dedicated the latest Friday night at 86 years old in Los Angeles of natural causes. "He was more than just funny. He had a light inside him; you could see a glint of it in his eyes. And it made everyone around him happy," Kimmel remembered at the top of his show.

Later, Kimmel said, "we started putting him in everything, every sketch." There were times, he added, when his writing team would pitch five ideas a day for the actor. "Sometimes he'd be in two bits per monologue... we could not get enough Fred," Kimmel said. In a video compilation of his late-night appearances shared during the episode, Willard can be seen playing Fred C.

Later in the show, Kimmel invited some of Willard's notable collaborators to record memories of the actor. Willard'sco-star Catherine O'Hara remembered him as "wildly, unbelievably funny," which helped her to overcome her nerves in the role. Director Christopher Guest, who cast Willard in mockumentaries including the films

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