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A party, just in case

NEW YORK — Andy Kaufman died of lung cancer on May 16, 1984, but according to legend, the comedian said if he were faking, he would resurface 20 years later to the day.

So, just in case, a party is being planned by Bob Zmuda, Kaufman's best friend and partner, at the House of Blues in Los Angeles on Sunday. “Over 100 personal ads will be taken out across the country and abroad, reminding him of his words. Will he show?” Zmuda asked on the Web site for Comic Relief, a series of shows that raise money for health care for the homeless. Zmuda founded Comic Relief after Kaufman's death.

Kaufman was best known as the foreign taxi mechanic Latka Gravas on the '70s TV sitcom “Taxi.”

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