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Taylor Negron
	1957-2015
He was the surly pizza man who interrupted a class at Ridgemont High to deliver a double cheese and sausage to the cool student played by Sean Penn.
He was the Olsen twins' prissy, Spanish-accented nanny Manuelo in So Little Time. He was the nutty hairdresser on Seinfeld who suggested drenching Elaine's hair with tomato sauce.
He was a sadistic, would-be assassin chewed up by a churning helicopter rotor in The Last Boy Scout (1991) .
A comedian and an actor, Taylor Negron wrote plays and delivered acerbic, hilarious, story-length monologues, but his name wasn't nearly as well known as his face.
"I'm not famous," he said in a 2013 Ted talk. "I'm fame-ish."
Negron, a Los Angeles native who nostalgically recalled his hometown "when the palm trees were short and Tomorrowland was modern," died on Saturday at his Los Angeles home, surrounded by friends and family members. He was 57.
Negron had battled liver cancer for seven years, his mother, Lucy Negron, said.
In his monologues, Negron cherished the show business lore he was steeped in as a boy. Influenced by a Puerto Rico-born grandmother he described as a movie-loving free spirit, he developed an early admiration for Mae West, an interest that was mentioned in print by a Hollywood columnist who lived next door to his aunt.
When West surprised the star-struck 13-year-old with a telephone call, she gave him two tips in her trademark, va-va-voom cadence: "Pay attention to the box office. And be yourself."
Over the years, Negron worked in films including Punchline (1988), Angels in the Outfield (1994), Stuart Little (1999), The Aristocrats (2005) and The Flintstones in Viva Rock Vegas (2000). His TV credits included Hill Street Blues, ER, Hope and Gloria, Curb Your Enthusiasm, Reno 911 and Friends.
Born in Glendale, California, as a child Negron modelled for Hanna-Barbera artists sketching characters in for a cartoon based on the life of Evel Knievel.
"I have been on the Tonight Show," he once wrote. "I have also performed in a roller rink for Jewish singles in Syracuse. My stage patter is tireless, kinetic, and I sometimes exhaust myself.
"I haven't done too bad for a Struggling Cartoon Model from Glendale."


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Taylor Negron, comedian who played pizza man in 'Ridgemont High,' dies at 57

Taylor Negron as the pizza man in Fast Times at Ridgemont High.

Taylor Negron as the pizza man inFast Times at Ridgemont High.

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He was the surly pizza man who interrupted a class at Ridgemont High to deliver a double cheese and sausage to the cool student played by Sean Penn.


Taylor Negron, comedian who played pizza man in 'Ridgemont High,' dies at 57

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He was the surly pizza man who interrupted a class at Ridgemont High to deliver a double cheese and sausage to the cool student played by Sean Penn.