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	Del Close and the Roots of Second City : NPR
		Learn more about Close, a forefather of improvisational comedy, the Second City club that gave rise to John Belushi, Bill Murray and many other comic talents, and Chicago's surrounding Old Town neighborhood.
		Del was standing guard over my new bed frame in Ikea's parking lot.
		A woman beside Del angrily said something to him, but Del continued to stare straight ahead....
	www.npr.org /templates/story/story.php?storyId=4679700 (466 words)

	Del Close - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Del Close (March 9, 1934–March 4, 1999), along with Keith Johnstone and Viola Spolin, is considered one of the premier influences on modern improvisational theater.
		Close was born and raised in Manhattan, Kansas.
		Close was fired from Second City due to his cocaine and heroin abuse and spent the latter half of the 1960s in San Francisco, where he was the stage manager for The Committee theater, toured with the Merry Pranksters, and made light images for Grateful Dead shows.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Del_Close (514 words)

	i.O. \| Del Close
		Del Close was born and raised in Manhattan, Kan. and attended Kansas State University, after touring with a side show act for a period of time in his teenage years.
		Close was enjoying his new theatrical vistas, as well as a successful professional partnership with Charna Halpern, who also became his manager, and ImprovOlympic, which allowed him to concentrate on further development of The Harold, and on team improv.
		Close was one of three titans of improvisational theatre who put it on the map, refined it, and turned it into the fixture of comedic and acting technique that it has become.
	www.iochicago.net /del_awards/del_bio.html (1577 words)

	Del Close
		Del Close was born and raised in Manhattan, Kansas and attended Kansas State University, after touring with a side show act for a period of time in his teenage years.
		Close was enjoying his new theatrical vistas, as well as a successful professional partnership with Charna Halpern and ImprovOlympic, which allowed him to concentrate on further development of The Harold, and on team improv.
		Close was one of three titans of improvisational theatre who put it on the map, refined it, and turned it into the fixture of comedic and acting technique which it has become.
	www.improvcomedy.org /hall/close.html (1083 words)

	The Del Close Messages
		Del especially enjoyed the work of so-called non-performers, people without any stage training who may have seemed awkward to others but were prized by Del for their freshness, their insights, their freedom of being themselves.
		Del taught me to play form the top of my intelligence; to bring my own passions, opinions, and knowledge to any improvisation; and to look at a scene in my own, skewed way without being concerned whether I was "right" or not.
		Del's death is a tremendous loss to all of us, but after the sadness passes, remember that we celebrate Del and his life work every time we take the stage.
	www.improvresourcecenter.com /del/del1.html (1394 words)

	Tribute to Del Close
		Close’s real life was indeed the stuff of comic books, a real-life Forest Gump adventure. He was born in Kansas, where his cousin’s cousin--General Dwight Eisenhower--came over for Thanksgiving dinner.
		Del joined the Compass Players--the precursors to Second City--when he was 22 years old, largely because he was a friend of Severn Darden.
		Del was an important figure in the ‘60s counterculture around Chicago and San Francisco (the bizarre but true story about the time he went roller-skating through the sewers of Chicago with a flashlight strapped to his head, shooting rats, is related in the first issue of Wasteland).
	geocities.com /SouthBeach/Pointe/2765/KimHowardJohnson/khjdelcl.html (845 words)

	Playbill News: Del Close, Legendary Chicago Acting and Improv Figure, Dead at 64
		Del Close, a legendary influence on countless Second City performers and a towering figure in the Chicago theatre, has died at the age of 64.
		Close possessed a dark sense of humor and a hard-living lifestyle which sat in direct contrast to his physical appearance.
		Close's cranium is indeed used, it will be the second staging of the Shakespeare tragedy on the actor's resume.
	www.playbill.com /news/article/44025.html (745 words)

	Biography for Del Close (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Alumni of Del Close and the ImprovOlympic include Mike Myers, Chris Farley, Andy Dick, Andy Richter, Tim Meadows, and David Koechner.
		Del Close appeared as a book publisher in the comic book "Marvels" (starting in issue #2, page 6) published in late 1993/early 1994.
		Close and illustrator Alex Ross shared a mutual acquaintance, and Close became the only actual actor to pose for Ross, a fan-favorite, award-winning painter.
	www.imdb.com /name/nm0167081/bio (1498 words)

	Del Close (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Del Close, who died in 1999, dedicated most of his life to Improv.
		In 1957 he became part of the Compass players, a troupe that evolved into Second City, and he is considered as one of the world's Improv Guru's.
		Del Close is the inventor of the Harold - a long format that is wildly popular in the US.
	www.humanpingpongball.com /Del_Close.html (85 words)

	Goodman Theatre skull is not Del Close's - The executor of comedian Del Close's will has come clean, ad...
		CHICAGO, Oct. 5 (UPI) -- The executor of comedian Del Close's will has come clean, admitting that the human skull sitting in Chicago's Goodman Theatre is not the improv legends'.
		Close willed his skull to the theater before he died in 1999 and Charna Halpern maintained for seven years that the skull she donated was in fact his, the Chicago Tribune reported Thursday.
		She even stuck to her story during the newspaper's investigation in July as to whether or not the skull actually belonged to Close, a director of the "Second City" and other improvisation theaters.
	www.politicalgateway.com /news/read/40269 (227 words)

	Del Close
		Del Close was one of the early performers and directors who helped create the venerated Second City improvisational comedy troup in Chicago.
		The name of Del's textbook was "Truth In Comedy." Convinced of an abiding and inherent human compassion, he taught that your richest, finest connection with an audience comes not when you go for an easy joke, but when you mine the deepest parts of your soul, wrestle with your emotions, and speak with total candor.
		Del would rather see you work through a half-dozen honest moments -- even uncomfortable ones, which are often still amusing as hell -- for one insightful laugh than get a score of Shecky laughs.
	www.motherjones.com /commentary/columns/1999/03/scoop9.html (1479 words)

	The HAROLD (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Del Close created the Harold in the late 1960s with the San Francisco improv troupe "The Commmittee," as a way to combine all of their improv techniques into one format.
		So when Del asked his group what this exciting new form of improv should be called, one of his actors, Bill Mathieu, answered 'Harold.' It has always been a minor annoyance for Del that his life's work has been saddled with such an inane, silly title.
		One of the disciples of Paul Sills was Del Close (1934-1999), who went on to be a great improv teacher in Second City Theater, acting as a mentor to John Beluschi, Chris Farley, and Mike Myers.
	www.columbia.edu /~cjh2011/klaritin/harold.html (819 words)

	The Del Close Messages
		Del really meant alot to me. I wanted to thank him for everything he did for me and for believing in me. I did thank him.
		I remember my first Del day, I had done a very shitty scene earlier that day and was in the middle of a great one.
		One time I did a scene that Del loved, and that was a fonder memory, because then he went into about seven "Del stories" involving famous people and doing illegal things with them in an awkward place.
	www.improvresourcecenter.com /del/del4.html (1294 words)

	YESand.com \| Close friendship
		A legend of improvisational theater, Del Close (1934-1999) is best known for discovering and cultivating the talents of John Belushi, Chris Farley, Bill Murray, Mike Myers, and countless other comedy giants.
		Jeff Griggs was a student of Close's at the ImprovOlympic in Chicago when he was asked to help the aging mentor (often in ill health) by driving him around the city on his weekly errands.
		Del had been very sentimental lately, and his stories all had a twinge of sadness to them.
	www.yesand.com /articles/index.php?ArticleID=49 (1333 words)

	Amazon.com: Guru: My Days with Del Close: Books: Jeff Griggs (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Tales of Close's explosive, sometimes harsh teaching style (he was fond of yelling and of cutting people up with criticism when they made mistakes) will make readers cringe in sympathy for his students, but Griggs's description of the relationship between Close and Farley brings out the artist's humanity.
		By the end, Close emerges as a complex figure-a dedicated teacher, a brilliant comedian, a lonely artist and a suicidal misfit who was consistently outrageous and seemingly obsessed with himself.
		Del Close, the father of long-form improvisational theatre and the idea of improv as an art form, casts a long shadow as the central figure of Guru: My Days with Del Close, by Jeff Griggs.
	www.amazon.com /Guru-My-Days-Del-Close/dp/1566636140 (1855 words)

	Del Rio News Herald
		Even though the effort was there, the Del Rio Babe Ruth World Series team was unable to master the pitching of San Gabriel’s Matt Morse and fell to the California team 13-1 in the tournament’s semifinals.
		Del Rio finished the tournament with a 3-3 record which was good enough to make the final four teams in the 16-year-old event.
		Del Rio managed just three hits, a first-inning single by Rico Ruiz, a triple by T.J. Cardenas in the third inning and a single by Ernie Cervantez in the sixth inning.
	www.delrionewsherald.com /story.lasso?ewcd=59006ded80d02683 (378 words)

	Playbill News: Chicago's Goodman Theatre Gets A-head via Late Actor Del Close
		Close, who was known for his dark humor, put the skull clause in his will about a year before he died at age 64 from complications from emphysema.
		Close's skull, missing some front teeth and resting on a velvet cushion in a plastic box, was presented to the theatre on July 1.
		Close's ashes, contained in a box resembling a book, were donated to Chicago's Improv Olympic, which Close also helped found.
	www.playbill.com /news/article/46483.html (443 words)

	Goodman Theatre skull is not Del Close's
		The executor of comedian Del Close's will has come clean, admitting that the human skull sitting in Chicago's Goodman Theatre is not the improv legends'.
		Halpern said in an interview that she chose to go public because the Tribune had already exposed it and I was getting snide responses.
		As far as I'm concerned, the skull still invokes the image of Del and I hope everyone still sees it as Del. In the end, Del is still getting publicity, so he gets the last laugh.
	news.webindia123.com /news/articles/Entertainment/20061006/471300.html (203 words)

	www.myspace.com/iamtheskullofdelclose (Site not responding. Last check: )
		I am the Skull of Del Close, I am the sole mortal remains of one of modern improv's founding fathers.
		He is considered to be one of the conerstones in what is widely considered to be the Holy Trinity of improv,(Viola Spolin, Paul Sills, Del Close.) Del lead an interesting life, way too much to detail it all here, but let me tell you a bit about his life.
		Amongst his San Francisco highlights were doing light shows for the Grateful Dead, Rooming with legendary counter-culture figure, Wavy Gravy, and touring on the psyhedelic bus in 1968 as one of the Merry Pranksters.
	www.myspace.com /iamtheskullofdelclose (1141 words)

	The Del Close Chronicles
		I told Del that I thought what he ment by Sherman was a cigarette dipped in PCP and he told me he never heard of that term.
		Third, and finally: Del, in the midst of one of his twenty-minute pre-class rants, noted that he wasn't a "funny" person, in the sense of wacky, or zany, or wildly funny.
		It may be presumptuous to think that I learned anything about Del in my experiences with him, but in that moment, I think I discovered that for all his accomplishments, for his quirks, for his crabbiness, for his genius, for his stories and oddities, Del was really not all that different from us.
	www.argosagency.com /features/DelCloseForever.html (2150 words)

	SamDel
		Del has always plucked her front on her chest and legs...
		Del generally looks this way on her chest area.
		Del with her wings spread, she usually does this when I take a photo of her!
	www.pionusparrot.com /SamDel.htm (213 words)

	Del Close - Moviefone
		American standup comedian Del Close was one of the founding members of Chicago's Second City comedy troupe.
		Acolytes of Del Close have gained prominence in the field of comedy with astounding frequency.
		Del Close - Filmography, Biography, News, Photos, Birth date, Relationships, Del Close Film Clips, and Fun Facts on Moviefone.
	movies.aol.com /celebrity/del-close/13724/main (109 words)

	iO West - Del Close
		It was during this decade that he taught and directed a long list of TV and film comedy greats including John Belushi, Bill Murray, John Candy, Don DePollo, George Wendt, Audrey Neenan, Eugenie Ross-Lemming, David Rasche, Shelly Long, Anne Ryerson, etc.
		Upon leaving the troupe, Close pursued legitimate acting opportunities with a number of theatres, including Wisdom Bridge, Remains, Goodman and Steppenwolf.
		Close also did TV and film work, appearing in "The Untouchables" and "Ferris Bueller's Day Off" among others.
	www.iowest.com /about/del (1238 words)

	Del Close Biography :: Hollywood.com (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Close also worked with such 1950s and 60s performers as Lenny Bruce, Mort Sahl and Tiny Tim.
		Close made an early film appearance in "Beware the Blob" (1972) and was a bit player in "American Graffiti" (1973).
		In front of the camera, Close played small roles in the CBS dramas "First Step" (1985, as a zoologist) and "Dream Breakers" (1989, as a doctor).
	www.hollywood.com /celebs/fulldetail/id/189000 (647 words)

	BBC SPORT \| Football \| My Club \| Chelsea \| Bilbao enter race for Del Horno
		Chelsea's Spanish international Asier Del Horno could return to former side Athletic Bilbao a year after they sold him to the Blues for £8m.
		Despite his enthusiasm for Del Horno, Soler said Valencia had other options as a back-up in case the move did not come off.
		Del Horno has returned to pre-season training with Chelsea but admits he would welcome a move back to Spain.
	news.bbc.co.uk /go/rss/-/sport2/hi/football/teams/c/chelsea/5176568.stm (242 words)

	Del Close Marathon -
		Del Close was the driving force behind improvisational comedy in Chicago for over 30 years influencing Bill Murray, Tina Fey, Mike Myers, John Belushi, Chris Farley and the Upright Citizens Brigade to name a few.
		After Del's passing in 1999, the UCB started the Del Close Marathon to celebrate their mentor and keep alive his name and teachings for future generations.
		From Friday afternoon to after midnight on Sunday, there will be improv non-stop at the UCB Theatre.
	www.delclosemarathon.com /dcm8/index.php?option=home (233 words)

	Improv Olympic West - Los Angeles Improv Comedy Festival
		That's partly why the group has created awards in honor of the late Del Close, the performer, teacher and director who is said to be the first to consider improv a legitimate and teachable art form.
		This year’s Del Close Lifetime Achievement Award goes to Shelley Berman, an originator of the form going back to his work with Elaine May and Mike Nichols, which led to his famous improvised one-man phone conversations.
		And to wrap up, On Sunday the Del; Close Honor for the Advancement of Improvisation will be awarded to Curb Your Enthusiasm, followed by Jeff Garlin’s Combo Platter with Cheryl Hines and other members of the cast (just don’t expect Larry David).
	festival.iowest.com /press.htm (2401 words)

	CNN.com - Del Horno close to Valencia switch - Jul 17, 2006
		Del Horno failed to claim a regular place in the Chelsea side last season.
		MADRID, Spain -- Valencia are close to agreeing a deal to sign Chelsea defender Asier del Horno, the Primera Liga club have confirmed.
		Del Horno joined Chelsea on a three-year contract from Athletic Bilbao for 12 million euros ($15m) last June, but failed to live up to expectations during his first season with the English champions.
	edition.cnn.com /2006/SPORT/football/07/17/spain.delhorno (303 words)

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