Joey Bishop, thae last surviving member of the early sixties 'Rat Pack', died last week. Publicist and longtime friend Warren Cowan confirmed on Friday Bishop had died from "multiple causes" at his home in Newport Beach California last Wednesday.
Comedian Bishop brought the comedy element to the famous Rat Pack, performing alongside Frank Sinatra, Peter Lawford, Dean Martin and Sammy Davis Jr in numerous shows and films in the sixties. Although a key member of that group, Bishop rarely participated in the hard drinking and womanising the Rat Packers became reknowed for, which is possibly why he outlived all of his fellow group members - Lawford died in 1984, Davis Jr in 1990, Martin in 1995 and Sinatra in 1998.