Comedian Joey Bishop, last of Frank Sinatra's Rat Pack, dead at 89

** FILE ** Comedian Joey Bishop shown in an Oct. 23, 1963 file photo. Joey Bishop has died at his home Wednesday Oct. 17, 2007, in Newport Beach, Calif. Bishop found success in night clubs, television and movies but became most famous as a member of Frank Sinatra's boisterous Rat Pack. He was 89. (AP Photo/File)

LOS ANGELES - Joey Bishop, the stone-faced comedian who found success in nightclubs, television and movies but became most famous as a member of Frank Sinatra's Rat Pack, has died at 89.

He was the group's last surviving member. Peter Lawford died in 1984, Sammy Davis Jr. in 1990, Dean Martin in 1995, and Sinatra in 1998.

Bishop died Wednesday night of multiple causes at his home in Newport Beach, publicist and longtime friend Warren Cowen said.

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