Hiram Kasten — a power on the New York Metropolis comedy scene within the Seventies and ’80s who appeared on “Seinfeld” — has died.
The actor-comedian handed away Sunday after battling varied diseases together with prostate most cancers … in keeping with an obituary posted to his official Fb web page.
Within the obituary, Kasten’s remembered as a hilarious comic, charming man and terrific household man who rose to fame throughout New York Metropolis’s comedy growth of the Eighties.
He met Jerry Seinfeld early on in his profession after he auditioned at The Comedian Strip, and the 2 struck up a lifelong friendship that resulted in Hiram showing on three episodes of “Seinfeld” as Elaine Benes’ coworker Michael.
Along with “Seinfeld,” Kasten made sitcom appearances recurrently over the subsequent couple a long time, racking up credit for “My Spouse and Youngsters,” “Saved By the Bell,” “The Recent Prince of Bel-Air,” “All people Loves Raymond,” “seventh Heaven,” “Curb Your Enthusiasm,” “Males of a Sure Age,” and an entire lot extra.
He’s survived by his spouse of 38 years Diana, his daughter Millicent and quite a few prolonged relations. The household’s planning funeral providers in each New York and Los Angeles.
Hiram was 71.
RIP