Hollywood Star Walk obituaries

Lou Costello dies

On Mar. 4, 1959, The Times re­por­ted that Lou Cos­tello, the roly-poly com­ic whose heart was as big as his girth, died yes­ter­day af­ter­noon of a heart at­tack at Doc­tor’s Hos­pit­al in Beverly Hills, three days be­fore his 53rd birth­day.