Bob Newhart, comedy icon and star of "The Bob Newhart Show" and "Newhart," dies at age 94

Bob Newhart, the actor and comedian who starred in "The Bob Newhart Show" and "Newhart" has died, his publicist confirmed to CBS News. He was 94.

Newhart's career in show business began in earnest in 1960, when at age 30 his album "The Button-Down Mind of Bob Newhart" rose to No. 1 on the Billboard charts, the first comedy album to ever hit the top spot.

In the 1970s, he made the jump to television stardom, playing Dr. Bob Hartley on NBC's "The Bob Newhart Show" from 1972 to 1978. From 1982 to 1990, he starred in the CBS sitcom "Newhart," playing Dick Loubin, an author who moves from New York City with his wife to Vermont to operate a historic inn.