Pee Wee Herman Has Died, His Cause of Death is Just Sad 

My friends shook their heads in disbelief when I said I watched PeeWee's Playhouse. I still think we all need a bit of silly in our lives.

I discovered Pee Wee's Playhouse when my kids were tots. We all loved to watch the show together, and he was so funny that we were all rolling with laughter. Thanks for sharing your unique humor, and may you rest in peace, Paul Reubens. 🙏🏻

Thank you for showing this. He was a good man. He never hurt anyone. Stood up to bullies in all his shows and movies. Thank Paul✨

I loved him, he wasn’t afraid to appear silly.

Paul Ruebens hurt no one. He kept his private life private. He didn’t make an issue out of being in an adults only movie theater. Like everyone else he was entitled to a private life, but celebrity didn’t give him the right. He didn’t ask permission and he also didn’t ask forgiveness. I’d rather have someone accept their flaws and quirks than pretend they were above the blame.

Pee Wee Herman was ok. He was an original comic genius. He has his followers and his fans. Good for him. I hope he finds eternal peace. My deepest and most heart-felt sympathy for his family, friends, and his fans. 🙏 RIP my friend 💔.

It is a shame he was so condemned then when we see what is being allowed to continue in society today. He deserved to have a private life. Instead of focusing on the laughs and joy he brought to millions many want to focus on his troubles. I hope he has found peace now and knows he was loved.

My family loved Pee Wee 😅Herman . Every movie, Pee Wee’s PlayHouse was the very best children’s show ever . It made you laugh and feel good but also taught you lessons of kindness. We watched every thing we could find him in. It was wrong what was done to him . R I P Pee Wee . His playhouse show was innocent like Mr. Rogers but also made you laugh and feel happy while teaching.

He was a comic genius wrapped in a kind man. He will be missed. 🙏🙏🙏

Paul Reubens was the best. I loved his “Pee Wee’s Playhouse.” The kid and I laughed and laughed at antics. The adult humor glided right over my child’s head. It was the perfect show for the entire family. God bless him and his show. Thank you Paul Reubens. Thanks for everything.

His movies were some of the few where I could take my kids, and we all had a great time. He was the king of double entendre, making adult remarks and comments that went way over the kids heads. He was an amazing actor, writer, and human being. Man, we need more Paul Reubens in this world.

Paul Reubens passed away July 30, 2023 (aged 70) Los Angeles, California, U.S.. It was a sad loss but it was almost a year ago todate, so why the announcement now?

I remember the pearl clutching gasps that erupted over PWH and his legal woes. Upon reflection, those woes pale in comparison to what we will tolerate today.

You always made me laugh Pee Wee! Your private life was your own, just as we all want ours to be! You hurt no one, & cancer is horrible! RIP so many will always love you! R.J.

I fondly remember Pee Wee's Playhouse, and his movies. Its a shame about the adult movie incident, and his other legal battles. But i hope he is resting in peace.

He was a true genius. I watched every episode of Peewee's playhouse with my kids when they were young. He was so funny, unique & brilliant. Rip Paul. You gave joy to many.

Loved his voice and laugh in his skits, and the way he didn't take no shit, he was hilarious 🙏🫶

Paul Rubin was my hero in the 80s after recuperating from Salmonella food poisoning. Watching the Play House with adult humor for kids was a joy. By 1989, I worked on the last two seasons of Pee Wee Herman's Play House. RIP Paul.

He was such a big part of our life. Now I'm 70 and still laugh when I see his face. We even went to see him on Broadway. He will always hold a place in our hearts.

Paul Rubens was one of the most beloved actors, and his character of Pee Wee Herman will be forecer remembered.

Continue to R.I.P & thank-you for everything you have done to entertain your fans.

Paul was a lovely person and he gave us so much. I will love him forever ❤❤❤

PeeWee is an American icon. The playhouse show appealed to children and allowed the inner child of adults to come to the surface and enjoy the carefree joys of being a kid. Peewee’s Playhouse influenced the minds of children to do good and be kind.

Sweet Paul got a raw deal. Totally Unfair . I loved him❤🎉 Thank you for showing us that he did have plenty of work despite the bad break. My heart is broken hearing 💔 that this Precious gem of a Man suffered in silence. 😢😢

He will always be Pee Wee to me. Thanks for all the years of entertainment! ❤

RIP Paul (not RIP Peewee, you were SO MUCH more than just Peewee). Paul was a genius! His unique humor will be sorely missed.

I cried like a baby when i heard he had died😭 believe it ir not; i am wearing my peewees playhouse shirt right now. I loved him.i saw him in all of the Cheech and Chong movies, as well as Pee Wee Big Top and Big Adventure. I have 2 peewee dolls. Globie, the little man "henry?Also have chairy MOC.".ALSO have the peewee herman ring and 2 copies of the Mad magazine with him on the cover. So fin what. He got caught getting off in an adult movie theatre😤. That does not define him. So sad that this scandal ended his career🤬and then he died❗❗❗❗

He got villified and miligned under sketchy circumstances rumors and dropped charges (mostly ungrounded) and guilt by association ....Little has been said about his philanthropy, for child hunger, and animal protection and caring for his terminally ill father...But he was most known for making kids (and kids at heart) laugh.

PeeWee, the kid who lives in my senior body, loved your individuality and humor.

I had lost track. Thanks so much for a full and ultimately positive account of the life of Paul Reubens a.k.a. Pee Wee Herman..... Part salt.... Part pepper.... Off-center and encountering brushes with the law.., but with very redeeming, positive and endearing qualities. Ya can't get more a more colorful contrast than that.... Rest in peace.

Paul’s show Pee Wee’s play House was awesome! I loved watching him in other shows as well. I was always excited to see him as I believed he was a great actor.

I watched PeeWee's Playhouse with my grandchildren about 20-25 years ago. The kids loved the show and I found myself laughing at some of the silliest things. I will never forget his "Giant Underpants" skit....it was hilarious! The man had a fantastic sense of humor that both kids and adults appreciated.

Love him, RIP Paul.💘

I loved him as the 'Hamburger Dude' in NIce Dreams and the annoying front desk clerk in '..Next Movie'

You left out Lawrence Fishburn as Cowboy Carl, his frequent appearances on Letterman and Carson, and his role as The Spleen in Mystery Men. And he played Amy's brother on Everybody Loves Raymond but was quickly replaced by Chris Elliott after one of his arrests.

RIP Pee Wee Herman

❤ Paul Reubens is so loved for who he was, I only hope that he feels that now ❤❤

When i was a kid i used to watch this man. I was born in 1985... thought he would live forever

Rest easy Paul. My family enjoyed your work. 🙏💕

Mystery Men is one of my favorite movies of all time- I watch it on loop when I'm sick

I ❤❤❤❤❤ him!!! Will always be my favorite!!! THANK YOU PAUL for all the laughs and smiles!!!

He managed to do one of the funniest & most protracted "Looney Tunes" type death scenes in "Buffy The Vampire Slayer" I bought the DVD for that death scene alone. I never watched his show on Saturday mornings, but not because I didn't enjoy his work, I had to be in the shop by 7am & was never much for setting up to record. I enjoyed him in Cheech & Chong's movies, (which to me were kind of adult versions of a cartoon show anyway), and caught him here & there on the tube. But as plenty of others have said on here, he never hurt anyone & he made kids happy, as far as I'm concerned, those are two of the biggest goals that one can aspire to. RIP Paul Reubens, a phenomenal guy!

I watched his show every time! And I had 2 Pee Wee dolls, his bicycle but most of all, I bought a Pee Wee outfit complete with a mask! I wore that outfit ( with my dark hair put up ,)and as a teacher of the second grade, I wore that outfit into my classroom for the Halloween party! Still have it. So sad about the movie incident when look what we see now! He was a comedic genius! And I miss him.❤ .

As an adult during the 80’s I wasn’t the target demographic for Pee -Wee’s Playhouse but found it entertaining and enjoyed his movies. He seemed like a talented, honest and authentic but frail human being. It seemed he wanted to entertain people above all else and his transgressions hurt only himself. I love Pee-Wee Herman the character and have great love and respect for Paul Reubens. RIP Paul, you and Pee-Wee have impacted many more lives than you know. I still add a”y” on the end of nouns to make adjectives due to your influence (“mmmm, banana-y”). You are remembered fondly and are greatly missed.

I don’t care for silliness so I never watched his shows. However this article pointed out the good things he accomplished in his lifetime. Thank you for showing that. I have a new respect for the complicated man he turned out to be.

I am a huge peewee fan. Friggin shame what they did to him. The guy was brilliant. I was in college when pee wee hit big. We all talked like him, we loved him. The shitty media shamed him to death.

Thank you So Much for your Lovingly made presentation above Paul Herman. I really do appreciate hearing the truth about this beautiful person. ❤🎉❤🎉l❤🎉❤🎉❤🎉❤

What a talent! “The good in men are often interred with their bones, the evil long lives after them!” WS Anthony’s funeral oration for Julius Caesar. So true then and now! RIP Paul

Rest in paradise Paul!! I loved watching PWP with my kid’s. And I will always be a fan. I hope you are at peace.

I was never really into Peewee, but he does get my respect. Especially after learning so much about him. The guy was a genious, no doubt about it!! Respect!!

Thanks for the laughs pee wee you were special and never to be forgotten.

When you said the Blues Brothers you were showing the movie Blow.

I love his creativeness, his ability to capture our imagination, his amazing sense of humor!!! I watched the pee wee show and his movies! AND I have a treasured Pee Wee tàlking doll. Arrested for something men do all the time, was a sad situation. It was private, in an almost empty x rated movie theater, lap covered with a newspaper. Unfortunately some dude recognized him and wanted to make a buck, so brought him down. But his private life does not change the fact that he was an entertainer, a creative genius. Each show had a great message for kids and he was loved. RIP PAUL ❤❤❤❤❤😢

He was funny I didn't watch all his TV and movies but I did see some . But what I saw was funny sorry he's gone.

Paul Reubens was much more of a Talent than I gave him credit for. His ups and downs showed me me a resilience I wouldn’t have thought he had! RIP PEE WEE HERMAN!!🙏🏻👼😎👼🙏🏻

Why would the cops raid his house if he was into art?

R.I.P. Paul aka Peewee

Hard to believe he has been gone almost 1 year 😢😢

♥️I miss your humor.

Paul didn't just "promote" the movie Mystery Men, he acted in it as The Spleen, and was a key character. Also, the 911 in Reno 911 is pronounced "nine one one," not "nine hundred eleven." Having said that, overall, this was a lovely retrospective, and I enjoyed it!

I will forever love Pee Wee Herman…..thanks for the laughs, Paul…..❤️

R.I.P. Paul and Thank you for the laughter

Loved Paul! May he rest in peace 🙏🙏he will never be forgotten. ♥️🙏♥️🙏♥️🙏♥️🙏

Most loved Paul (22 Emmys). A great video about him, thank you.

Loved that quirky little gentleman. Watch his Playhouse as an adult with my teenage kids. Love the Big Adventure, esp. Large Marge!

From Wiki: Reubens died on July 30, 2023, at the age of 70, at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles. The immediate cause of death was acute hypoxic respiratory failure.[119][120] At the time of his death he was diagnosed with both myelogenous leukemia and metastatic lung cancer.[119] He had been diagnosed six years earlier, but had not revealed his diagnosis to the public.

Anyone who can get Cyndi Lauper to sing the theme song of your TV show only added to the many reasons I truly enjoyed watching Pee-Wee's Playhouse, AND his movies. I was sad when Phil Hartman passed away, too. He not only played Captain Carl on Pee-Wee's show, he voiced the characters Lionel Hutz and Troy McClure on The Simpsons.

He was great on “Murphy Brown” as Stan’s nephew.

I always enjoyed his work, but being 10 years older than he, I was not the target of his work.

I think he was unfairly prosecuted & was a threat to no one. We all are a little strange . What he did in his personal life was no one else's business. R.I.P Mr. Reubens 🙏

I never missed an episode of Pee Wee's Playhouse. Paul gave me permission to be silly as an adult and it changed me forever. I miss him so much!!!

I had a nightclub in Fort Myers in the late 80's and early 90's. It was called Salad Days. Pee Wee showed up there one night. I had taken the evening off so I missed his arrival.

Ive been a Pee Wee Herman fan for a a while now. One of my favorite possessions is a genuine Pee Wee Herman doll that I purchased at a consignment shop several years ago. It is now plainly displayed in my living room area next to my Gorbechov doll.

I loved Pee Wee. This is very sad to hear of his death but, he lived a good life and many people that he never even knew loved him. RIP Paul Reubens, you will be missed ❤

I used to watch Pee Wee's Playhouse with my daughter. Those were good times. Thank you for the gift of laughter, those were good years, RIP. 😢

My daughter in law loved him so much she said he helped children learn so much . She did not want his show to stop 🛑 because it was so helpful to children .

You were one of a kind paul, you're so missed.

I too loved Paul… He was a comedic genius and always made me laugh along with millions of others… I will miss him but never forget him. Thank you Paul for all you did for us.

You forgot to mention "The Final Moments of Karl Brant" in which Reubens had a dramatic role. It's an excellent sci-fi short, can be found on RU-vid.

Pee- Wee Herman was cool as ice. I would burst out laughing when he did Pee- Wee Herman. His character had me rolling in the isles at the theater.

It's sad to hear that Paul Reuben is no longer with us. The character he portrayed, PeeWee was funny, silly and courageous. I was one of those viewers who also watched PeeWee's Playhouse. Always looking forward for the "word of the day" . 😉 I send out my condolences to all his family, friends and fans. Rest in Pease dear friend.

He made us laugh at his silliness. He did the best he could in his life and created a character everybody loved.

When "Pee Wee's Big Adventure" played at our local movie theater, I remember my boyfriend and I decided to see it because the title sounded intriguing. We had NO idea whatsoever what it was about, or what hilarity was in store for us. Throughout the movie, we laughed and kept asking each other, "What IS this?" It was pure delight. We particularly liked all the local Southern California settings the movie took place in. To this day, if either of us happens to be driving towards L.A. on I-5, when we get to the Calvine exit we glance over and think of the "Large Marge" truck driver scene that took place there. We had lots of conversations later about what exactly this character represented. I think he was an 8-year-old's vision of being a grown-up. Whenever I overhear some kid say, "I know you are, but what am I?", I think of Pee Wee.

I love Pee Wee Herman❣️ I watched the kids’ version of Pee Wee’s Playhouse on Saturday mornings all the time and loved his movies. Such a clever man! His humor will live on forever.

It’s been since 2011 since my last relationship I’ve suffered for decades much the same as Paul, I have rheumatoid vasculitis. No cure and is terminal. Pain unmentionable.

I'm old and I absolutely loved his character Pee Wee Herman - I watched PeeWee's Playhouse and have seen his movies and everything else he appeared in or shows he appeared on. I'm glad we had the humor of Paul Reubens to bring out real laughter.

I grew up watching peewee’s playhouse. Every child did in the 80’s /90’s

Just what are you SUPPOSED to do in an adult movie theater? Stupid cops.

Theres no way that Peewees Playhouse was a show for kids. We used to get up early every Saturday morning after being out on the town until 3 or 4 am, still wasted, just to watch that show. Even his movies were adult themed.

At the time of his arrest I wondered if they arrested a lot of the men in that theatre - I mean, c'mon - this was an 'adult' movie in an 'adult' theatre. I'm quite sure he wasn't the only one.

he truely is a legend.how sad it was to lose him.he will never beforgotten.i shed a tear when i heard of his passing.PeeWee is forever cemented in entertainment history.we love and miss you paul.be proud of your life because your fans have your back.wish you were still here.incredible respect for you paul.im so glad we have video memories of your work.love you man.

Reno Nine Hundred and Eleven? Come on now. I know of a show called Reno 911...

How could anyone not Love Pee Wee!! Thank you Paul for your wonderful vision, talent and the Laughter!!! RIP!

As an adult I enjoyed Pee Wee's Playhouse very much. His use of double entendres for children and adults was hilarious. I remember one particular episode with Miss Yvonne and either the fireman or the policeman that had me laughing so hard I couldn't catch my breath. The movie where his bike was stolen was just as good. The above narration of his career seems unnecessarily vague about parts of his life. He was gifted with a unique comedic talent.

My Son loved to watch PeeWee's Playhouse when he was little. Thank you for the laughs and entertainment Pee Wee Herman! RIP.

My brother died of the same thing. I hope he had someone to help him at the end. Cancer is terrible to deal with, alone. Paul and Phil Hartmann had many collaborations together, that brought smiles to others, and God knows we need levity in life. May he rest in peace.

I had the pleasure of knowing Paul and he was truly a good person very down to earth. I still miss him. I’m sorry I didn’t get to say goodbye.

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💖Paul & Pee Wee! Playhouse was sooo inventive. Taught real lessons in life AND was crazy great creative, even for adults! In the refrigerator was my favorite and still want a word of the day to cheer every time we hear it.

Paul Rubens was much more valuable to society than those who would draw their own conclusions about him. He seemed to be as complex as his talents and legacy.