Garry Shandling's Cause of Death Was an Apparent Heart Attack

Shandling was taken to hospital by ambulance from his home in Brentwood, Los Angeles on Thursday morning for a "medical emergency" but was later pronounced dead.

According to TMZ, there were signs that Shandling's health was failing the night before he passed away.

Schandling appeared as a guest host on the "The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson" and was in consideration to become Carson's replacement. He still uses Larry Sanders as a standard for his own talk show. Even the theme song began with the lyrics, "The theme to Garry's show...."

Considered by leading critics and industry figures as his comic masterpiece, it starred Shandling as an egotistical late-night TV host and featured celebrities playing parodies of themselves.

While O'Brien told a personal story about Shandling, Meyers focused on the comedy career, particularly the impact his show "The Larry Sanders Show" had on him. He recounted his experience watching The Larry Sanders Show as a kid and how deeply Shandling influenced him.

David Duchovny, agreeing to come on the show, also came on to Larry romantically once he got the chance. "I am so sad", Jeffrey Tambor, who played sidekick Hank "Hey Now" Kingsley on the faux late-night show, said in a statement. "I knew we were headed into different territory.

There is no better tribute and no better reminder of what a attractive, gentle BRILLIANT sweet angel Garry Shandling was", Jessica captioned a photo of the two men from Garry's appearance on Comedians in Cars with Coffee, which was the last time the two were with their friend. He had a lot of kindness in him. "There's a reason comics say their best shows 'killed.' Making people laugh is, at its simplest, an act of domination".

Garry Shandling had a profound impact on TV as well as live performers.