Story highlights Comedian Don Rickles insulted everyone from Bob Hope to Jimmy KimmelRickles died Thursday at age 90 of kidney failure(CNN) Don Rickles once explained to CNN's Larry King how he became king of the killer insult. "To be honest, the insult thing started out of lack of having an act," he told King in 1985. And Rickles, armed with a new persona as an insult comic, saw his career take off. "It seemed to catch on," he told King. "And it went from there and now I'm a very big star and I came on this show as a mercy favor."

Source: CNN April 06, 2017 20:48 UTC