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WATCH: Jimmy Kimmel pays hugely emotional tribute to his late friend and legendary comedian Don Rickles

Published 14:31 7 Apr 2017 BST

Updated 14:06 8 Apr 2017 BST

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WATCH: Jimmy Kimmel pays hugely emotional tribute to his late friend and legendary comedian Don Rickles

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To different generations, Don Rickles was a very different man.

To some, he was the caustic comedian who steered stand-up comedy in a new direction. To others, he was the voice of Mr. Potato Head in the Toy Story movies. To everyone who ever met him, he was considered a joke-making genius, and earlier this week he passed away at the age of 90. His good friend and victim to so many of his verbal assaults Jimmy Kimmel paid tribute to Rickles on his show last night, and could barely contain his emotions when talking about his passing. While there were a lot of tears, Kimmel manages to power through with a series of great stories told to him by Rickles, including a real zinger involving Frank Sinatra. There's also plenty of Kimmel's own stories of about Rickles too, as well a Best OF compilation of his appearances of Kimmel's talk show over the years. Clip via Jimmy Kimmel Live

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WATCH: Jimmy Kimmel pays hugely emotional tribute to his late friend and legendary comedian Don Rickles