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“The Smothers Brothers” show was a turning point in TV history, with its sharp eye for pop culture and daring sketches ridiculing the Establishment and railing against the Vietnam War. Network censors and CBS abruptly canceled the program in 1970.

The Smothers Brothers were a television mainstay during the '50s and '60s. Tom Smothers was 86.

The National Comedy Center, on behalf of his family, said in a statement Wednesday that Tom Smothers died Tuesday following a cancer battle.

The National Comedy Center, on behalf of his family, said in a statement Wednesday that Tom Smothers died Tuesday following a cancer battle.

With his younger brother, Dick, Smothers satirized folk music and politics in the 1960s

Tom Smothers, half of the Smothers Brothers and the co-host of one of the most socially conscious and groundbreaking television shows in the history of the medi

The National Comedy Center, on behalf of his family, said in a statement Wednesday that Tom Smothers died Tuesday following a cancer battle.

Tom Smothers, half of the Smothers Brothers and the co-host of one of the most socially conscious television shows in history, has died at 86.

The National Comedy Center, on behalf of his family, said in a statement Wednesday that Tom Smothers died Tuesday following a cancer battle.

Co-host of one of the most socially conscious and groundbreaking television shows in the history of the medium.