Dom DeLuise, the legendary comic actor perhaps best known for his seventy-five or so roles in Mel Brooks’ movies (as well as appearances in Cannonball Run and An American Tail) has passed away at the age of 75.

For the record, Chef Paul Prudhomme is still alive, proving that they are not, in fact, the same person.

I couldn’t find any good clips online from Silent Movie, my favorite Brooks/DeLuise vehicle (and one of my favorite movies ever, period), so for video-obit purposes, you’ll have to just make due with this clip of DeLuise’s Brando impression from Robin Hood: Men In Tights, which absolutely floored me when I was 10 (though granted, any time I actually understood a reference at that age, I celebrated):

You’ll be missed, Dom — this death is far more tragic than Pizza The Hutt eating himself to death while locked in his car.