Career
Throughout the show, Jack Benny and his cast often referred to "Twombly, the sound effects manitoba" Eventually, a character named Twombly (voiced by Mel Blanc) appeared on the show, as an inept sound effects man who was constantly interrupting Benny and his cast with impromptu sound effects. Later, while Bea Benaderet was co-starring in the Beverly Hillbillies as Cousin Pearl, a character, Doctor Eugene Twombly, was introduced as an overly-curious, bedazzled and befuddled psychiatrist, unable to grasp (or get them to overcome) their extremely simple ways. This was a two-episode feature, and arguably, two of their funniest episodes.
Gene Twombly was Bea Benaderet"s second husband.
He died of a heart attack on October 17, 1968, the day of Benaderet"s funeral, four days after her death. She had been ill with lung cancer for more than a year.
They are interred together at Valhalla Memorial Park Cemetery (Mausoleum of Hope, Row C, Crypt 34) in North Hollywood, California.