Pat Brymer, a well-known puppeteer and puppet builder who manipulated Bill Murray's irrepressible nemesis, that pesky gopher, forCaddyshack, has died.
He was 70. Brymer died April 12 after a battle with cardiomyopathy at Providence Saint Joseph Medical Center in Burbank, family friend Stephen Dolainski told The Hollywood Reporter.
The coronavirus pandemic delayed the announcement of his death. Brymer created an updated version of the woolly Lamb Chop character for renowned puppeteer and ventriloquist Shari Lewis.
In the 1990s, they collaborated on the PBS showsLamb Chop's Play-AlongandThe Charlie Horse Music Pizzaand onLamb Chop on Broadway.