Jim Varney Biography

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NAME: Jim Varney
OCCUPATION: Film Actor, Television Actor, Comedian
BIRTH DATE: June 15, 1949
DEATH DATE: February 10, 2000
EDUCATION: Murry State University
PLACE OF BIRTH: Lexington, Kentucky
PLACE OF DEATH: White House, Tennessee

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Comedic actor Jim Varney played his signature character Ernest P. Worrell in hundreds of commercials and five Disney films including Ernest goes to Camp (1987).

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In 1998, Varney was diagnosed with lung cancer. He subsequently underwent surgery to remove most of his right lung, followed by radiation treatments. Varney publicly disclosed his battle with cancer in 1999, but continued to work, filming his last project, Daddy and Them, starring and directed by Billy Bob Thornton. He died on February 10, 2000, in Nashville, Tennessee, at the age of 50.