In July, Buzzi's husband Kent Perkins shared the Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In actress had suffered a series of "devastating strokes" Shafiq Najib is a former writer-reporter at PEOPLE. He left PEOPLE ...

Kent Perkins said the Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In actress "wants you to know she is not in pain" Charmaine Patterson is an Associate Editor at PEOPLE. She first began working at PEOPLE in 2021 as a ...

Late comedian Ruth Buzzi’s husband, Kent Perkins, had been her biggest support system throughout her health battle. The couple wed in 1978 and remained inseparable up until her death in May 2025.

Before Perkins completed the trail a few years ago, a sizable decades-old oak tree stood in the way. Rather than uproot it, Buzzi urged her husband to clear the lower foliage, blaze a path around ...

Ruth Buzzi and Kent Perkins in the April 11, 1978, edition of the Star-Telegram. Around 14 months later, the Star-Telegram caught up with the couple at the W. E. Scott Theatre.

Ruth Buzzi and husband Kent Perkins in 2015. Star-Telegram Buzzi’s husband, Kent Perkins, posted a message to the comedian’s Facebook page Thursday a short time before her death.