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Garry Shandling appears at the 2011 Comedy Awards presented by Comedy Central in New York. Charles Sykes/AP hide caption

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How Heartbreak Helped Garry Shandling Find His Comedic Voice

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March 25, 2016 • The comic, who died Thursday, told Fresh Air that it took him years to develop a style — and then he got dumped. "That was really the beginning of the Garry Shandling dating years in stand-up."

How Heartbreak Helped Garry Shandling Find His Comedic Voice

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Actor And Comedian Garry Shandling Dies At 66

Actor Garry Shandling arrives at the world premiere of Paramount Pictures and Marvel Entertainment's Iron Man 2 in Hollywood in 2010. Frazer Harrison/Getty Images hide caption

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Actor And Comedian Garry Shandling Dies At 66

March 24, 2016 • Best known for his work on the pioneering cable television comedy series The Larry Sanders Show, Shandling died following a "medical emergency," the Los Angeles Police Department said.