Legendary Canadian comedian Leslie Nielsen died today of complications of pneumonia. He passed away in a hospital near his home in Fort Lauderdale. Leslie was 84.

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His agent tells TMZ that Leslie passed surrounded by his wife and friends this afternoon.

Nielsen was best known for his roles in “Airplane” and the “Naked Gun” series.

Here are a few of Nielsen’s great quotes:

Doing nothing is very hard to do…you never know when you’re finished

The reason they call it ‘golf’ is that all the other 4 letter words were used up

I’m a professional actor. If I was a plumber, I wouldn’t just do my plumbing in Beverly Hills bathrooms; I’d like to install air conditioning units and a few other things

R.I.P.

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