Dick Cavett is 86 years old and appears to be in fine physical and mental shape. His friend and idol Groucho Marx is dead, has been for a long time, having taken his last breath and offered his final ...

The beloved talk-show host, now 86, spoke about a new PBS documentary that tells the story of the friendship that changed his life. By Chris Vognar On a hot summer day in 1961, a young TV writer and ...

A belated holiday gift, “Groucho & Cavett” might be regarded by those born in this millennium as some kind of strange antique show, the principal antique wearing a funny hat. Groucho Marx was born in ...

A memory from my teenage years: The death of Groucho Marx on August 19, 1977 -- a Friday, three days after the death of Elvis Presley on August 16, a Tuesday. Memories such as this one welled up last ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Jane Levere is a New York-based freelance writer covering the arts. A new documentary about the decades-long friendship between ...

WHAT IT'S ABOUT Early in the summer of 1961, a young writer for "Tonight Starring Jack Paar" went to the funeral of playwright, humorist and writer of Marx Brothers' musicals, George S. Kaufman. There ...

Dick Cavett can still picture the exact moment and location in New York City when he first met the man who would become one of his most cherished pals. It was 1961 and Cavett, then a 25-year-old ...

LINCOLN — Discover the enduring friendship between Nebraska’s own Dick Cavett and the iconic comedian Groucho Marx on “American Masters: Groucho & Cavett,” premiering at 7 and 8:30 p.m. CT Tuesday on ...

Aside from religious faith and love affairs, adoration tends not to translate. That’s even more the case for those who are neither the adored nor adorer. Adoration experienced? That’s great. Adoration ...