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 sicknesses together with prostate most cancers … in line 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 Nineteen 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 frequently over the subsequent couple many years, racking up credit for “My Spouse and Children,” “Saved By the Bell,” “The Contemporary Prince of Bel-Air,” “Everyone Loves Raymond,” “seventh Heaven,” “Curb Your Enthusiasm,” “Males of a Sure Age,” and a complete lot extra.
He’s survived by his spouse of 38 years Diana, his daughter Millicent and quite a few prolonged members of the family. The household’s planning funeral companies in each New York and Los Angeles.
Hiram was 71.
RIP