“Meatballs” eating contest actor dies at 51
The Sault Star reports that Keith Knight died Wednesday night from brain cancer at 51:
Knight is perhaps best known for his role as Larry Finklestein, a counsellor-in-training in Meatballs, the 1979 Canadian comedy that marked his feature film debut and cast Saturday Night Live alum Bill Murray in his first starring role.
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Meatballs, budgeted at $1.6 million and shot in Haliburton, earned more than $25 million in the first six weeks of its release, making it at the time the top-grossing Canadian film of all time.
Knight, who ate more than 100 hot dogs during filming of a hot-dog-eating contest, described Meatballs as “American Graffiti goes to camp.”
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Anonymous said
August 25, 2007 @ 12:31 am
And unfortunately his career died much sooner.
Luther