Emmy Award-winning actor and comedian Louie Anderson has died at the age of 68 after a battle with cancer.

The star of the series Baskets died on Friday morning in Las Vegas, where was admitted to hospital to receive treatment for diffuse large B cell lymphoma, his publicist Glenn Schwartz told Deadline.

Anderson won a Primetime Emmy for outstanding actor in a comedy series in 2016 for his role as Christine Baskets in the FX series, and was nominated another two times.

His performance in the animated programme Life with Louie, which aired on Fox from 1997 to 1998, earned him two Daytime Emmys.

Born in Saint Paul, Minnesota, he was a counsellor to troubled children before winning first place in the Midwest Comedy Competition in 1981, which gave him his start in comedy, according to Deadline.

Anderson starred in Coming to America, Eddie Murphy’s 1988 hit movie, and hosted Family Feud from 1999 to 2002.

Over the last two decades, he was cast in several sitcoms.

The books he wrote included Goodbye Jumbo … Hello Cruel World, an exploration of his relationship with his mother and his battle to overcome food addiction.

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