Died August 13, 2011. Born November 6, 1948. Cause of death: Complications of diabetes.

After launching his career in Los Angeles in the early 1970s with Natural Gas, a small comedy-improv group that appeared regularly on "Don Kirshner's Rock Concert," Dunlop gained national attention on his own later in the decade as one of the comedians on "Make Me Laugh."

In one attempt to crack up a contestant, Dunlop, then weighing 280 pounds, dressed up like a baked potato: He was covered head-to-toe in tinfoil and topped off with a scoop of sour cream on his head. Dunlop was said to have set a record for making a contestant laugh the fastest — two seconds — by climbing on top of the ledge that separated the contestant from the comedians and acting like a pigeon. He began his solo standup career as a prop comic. But after his bag of props was stolen backstage one night at a comedy club, he was forced to do his entire act without props.

In addition to his wife of 27 years, Dunlop is survived by his son, Matt; his daughter, April Richards; his mother, Aurora; his brothers, Richard, Alan, Walter and John; his sister, Aurora; and four grandchildren.