Jim Abrahams, who pioneered spoof comedy films like Airplane and Naked Gun, dead at 80

Jim Abrahams, who pioneered spoof comedy films like Airplane and Naked Gun, dead at 80

Jim Abrahams, one of the creators of wacky, slapstick comedy classics such as Airplane and the Naked Gun series, has died at the age of 80.  The writer and director died at his home in Santa Monica, Calif., his son Joseph told

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