Dan Rowan was a comedian most famous as the straight man to 'Dick Martin flopped. After "Laugh-In" was canceled in 1973, Rowan occasionally made some TV program and game show appearances, but eventually retired to Florida. A type II diabetic, he died of lymphatic cancer in Manasota Key, Florida on September 22, 1987. He was 65 years old.
He and Dick Martin became famous as the comedy team of Rowan and Martin.
Auditioned for the original version of "The Hollywood Squares" but lost out to Peter Marshall.
Was type II Diabetic
Biography in: "The Scribner Encyclopedia of American Lives". Volume Two, 1986-1990, pages 744-746. New York: Charles Scribners Sons, 1999.
Was a decorated Army Air Forces fighter pilot in World War II.
Former father-in-law of Peter Lawford.
His first wife was Miss California 1945, and placed first runner-up to Bess Myerson , Miss America 1945.
My role in the team is to be the well-intentioned but not always correct,authority.
