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Paul was a stand-up comedian at the Number One Fifth Avenue nightclub in New York City before being "discovered" appearing in a Broadway play, New Faces Of 1952.
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Paul's tombstone has his birthyear incorrectly shown as 1927, instead of 1926, and has not been changed.
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Paul was 5 feet 11 inches tall.
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When Paul was 10 years old, he became very ill with peritonitis after an appendectomy and was bed-ridden for nearly a year. His mother out his bed in the dining and continually fed him, which led to his lifelong eating disorder after his gaining 100 pounds in that period of time.
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Paul had a specially-built sofa made for his Beverly Hills home that could seat up to 30 people, which he called "the orgy couch."
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Paul gave diet tips in Mission Impossible star Peter Lupus' book, "Celebrity Body Book" (1980).
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Paul beat out Tony Randall, the producers' initial choice, for the voice of Templeton, the rat, in Charlotte's Web (1973).
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Paul was a Boy Scout as a child.
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Paul had three brothers (Richard, Corydon, Johnny) and two sisters (Helen, Grace).
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One of Paul's early jobs was as an ambulance driver, and according to Paul: "I wore the cap, the white coat, and loved to go tearing through the streets with bells clanging. Then one night I answered an emergency call and found my patient was already dead. Somehow I got him into the ambulance but got so sick and frightened I threw my uniform away and left the scene. For all I know, the stiff and the ambulance might still be parked where I left them."
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Paul's personal friends included Johnathan Winters, Elizabeth Montgomery, Maya Angelou, Harvey Korman, Lucille Ball, Kaye Ballard, and Alice Ghostley.
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Paul was honored by his hometown of Mount Vernon, Ohio, with a "Paul Lynde Day" on July 10, 1963.
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Paul was featured on the cover of TV Guide on February 10, 1973, and cover of People Magazine on September 13, 1976.
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Paul was made an honorary member of Weight Watchers in 1977.
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Paul lived on the floor above the town jail as a boy, where his father was sheriff.
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Paul won two Emmys for Outstanding Individual Achievement In Daytime Programming in 1975 and 1979 for his work on "Hollywood Squares."
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Paul hired David Letterman to write jokes for him in October 1976.
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The coroner who examined his body said he had the heart of an eighty-eight year old man.
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To explain his lifelong bachelorhood to fans (at a time when "coming out" was not possible), he often told them his high school sweetheart had broken his heart, and he was still too hurt to date other women.
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For most of his life, he fought to control a weight problem.
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Although he never publicly admitted he was gay, it was well known among his friends and family, and an "open secret" in Hollywood.