'Laugh-In's Gary Owens dies at 80.

• Author: Elber, Lynn
• Position: News - Obituary

Byline: Lynn Elber

LOS ANGELES -- Gary Owens, the droll, mellifluous-voiced announcer on ''Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In'' and a familiar part of radio, TV and movies for more than six decades, has died. He was 80.

The veteran voiceover star died Thursday at home, his son, producer Scott Owens, said Friday. Gary Owens had struggled with complications from diabetes, which he had since childhood, family spokeswoman Vicki Greenleaf said Friday.

Owens hosted thousands of radio programs, appeared in more than a dozen movies and on scores of TV shows, including Lucille Ball and Bob Hope specials. He voiced hundreds of animated characters, was part of dozens of comedy...