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Opinion: Bob Newhart showed us the extraordinary in the ordinary
Comedian Bob Newhart pretends to speak on an antique telephone at his home in the Bel Air Estates community of Los Angeles, June 25, 2003. JEROME T NAKAGAWA/AP/AP hide caption toggle caption JEROME T NAKAGAWA/AP/AP The life of Bob Newhart, …