Editing Dick Smothers (section)

=== The Smothers Brothers ===
The Smothers Brothers formed in the late 1950s and appeared on numerous television shows, including two shows of their own: ''[[The Smothers Brothers Show]]'', a sitcom from 1965 to 1966; and ''[[The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour]]'', a variety show in 1967. The show was cancelled by CBS on April 4, 1969. After filing a lawsuit, the Smothers were given $776,300.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Toledo Blade - Google News Archive Search |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=TM9OAAAAIBAJ&sjid=-gEEAAAAIBAJ&pg=3176,3754916 |access-date=2023-12-28 |website=news.google.com}}</ref> Though he often aided Tom with various subjects which were deemed controversial, Dick was in reality "more conservative politically" than his older brother was, with Tom stating in 2006, "We still disagree about everything."<ref name=disagreementsbutbondage /> 
[[File:Smothers Brothers (210965404) (cropped).jpg|thumb|right|200px|Dick (left) and Tom Smothers in August 1988]]

In December 2009, Dick and Tom both guest-starred in [[O Brother, Where Bart Thou?|a 21st-season episode]] of ''[[The Simpsons]]'' that also featured [[Cooper Manning|Cooper]], [[Peyton Manning|Peyton]], and [[Eli Manning]].<ref name="Walker">{{Cite news|url=http://www.nola.com/tv/index.ssf/2009/08/add_cooper_to_manning_brothers.html|title=Add Cooper to Manning brothers' voices on 'The Simpsons'|last=Walker|first=Dave|date=August 7, 2009|work=[[The Times-Picayune]]|publisher=NOLA.com|access-date=2009-08-08|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151019032623/http://www.nola.com/tv/index.ssf/2009/08/add_cooper_to_manning_brothers.html|archive-date=October 19, 2015|url-status=dead}}</ref>

The Smothers Brothers both announced their retirement from touring in May 2010. On the December 11, 2022, episode of ''[[CBS News Sunday Morning]]'', the brothers announced that they would be going on tour in 2023.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Cowan |first1=Lee |last2=Morgan |first2=David |date=December 11, 2022 |title=The Smothers Brothers are back, taking their show on the road |url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/the-smothers-brothers-are-back-taking-their-show-on-the-road/ |access-date=December 12, 2022 |website=CBS News}}</ref> However, the tour was cancelled and Tom Smothers announced in July 2023 that he was diagnosed with stage 2 [[lung cancer]].<ref>{{cite web |last1=Cowan |first1=Lee |last2=Morgan |first2=David |date=July 9, 2023 |title=Catching up with the Smothers Brothers |url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/catching-up-with-the-smothers-brothers/ |access-date=July 9, 2023 |website=CBS News}}</ref> He died on December 26, 2023, at the age of 86.<ref>{{cite web |last1=France |first1=Lisa |date=December 27, 2023 |title=Tom Smothers, one half of famed comedy duo, dies at 86 |url=https://www.cnn.com/2023/12/27/entertainment/tom-smothers-death/index.html |access-date=December 27, 2023 |website=CNN |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Grimes |first=William |date=December 27, 2023 |title=Tom Smothers, Comic Half of the Smothers Brothers, Dies at 86 |newspaper=[[The New York Times]] |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2023/12/27/arts/television/tom-smothers-dead.html |url-access=limited |accessdate=December 27, 2023}}</ref>