Paul Hecht is an English-born Canadian stage, film, and television actor best known for playing radio newsman Ross Buckingham in Howard Stern's Private Parts. Born in London, England, Hecht graduated from the National Theatre School of Canada in 1963. He made his Broadway debut in 1968 in Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead, for which he was nominated for the Tony Award for Best Performance by a Featured Actor in a Play. Additional Broadway credits include 1776, The Rothschilds, The Great God Brown, Herzl, Caesar and Cleopatra, Noises Off, and The Invention of Love. He received the Obie Award for his performance in the off-Broadway production of Enrico IV in 1989. Hecht lends his voice to the army veterinarian in the 2010 animated film My Dog Tulip. He played Emperor Palpatine for the radio drama adaptions of the original Star Wars trilogy. Hecht was a regular performer on Himan Brown's CBS Radio Mystery Theatre between 1974 and 1982. 

August 16th, 1941 in London (Age 82)