Hiram Kasten, comedian and ‘Seinfeld’ regular, dies at 71

Actor Hiram Kasten, who made his mark in stand-up comedy and community TV exhibits like “Seinfeld,” died in western New York after a protracted sickness, his household stated Sunday.

Kasten was 71 when he handed away in Batavia, exterior of Buffalo, in accordance with a press release posted on his Fb web page.

“Hiram Kasten cherished present enterprise and lived his dream of being in present enterprise,” the household stated in a press release saying his dying.

Kasten’s explanation for dying was not disclosed however the household stated he’d been “combating by means of a mess of diseases” previously seven years, “together with prostate most cancers.”

Previously six months, Kasten had been been telling mates he was terminally ailing.

“His nice comedy and inventive neighborhood rallied to his aspect,” his household stated. “Some made journeys to Batavia to go to him, late evening Zoom conferences with mates on each coasts ensued and went into the wee hours of the morning.”

Kasten, a Bronx native and lifelong Yankees fan, was a mainstay in New York Metropolis’s comedy scene all through the Nineteen Eighties taking part in in golf equipment similar to The Comedian Strip and Comedy Cellar.

He cherished the craft of comedy and would usually work marathon weekends, doing gigs in far-off spots like New Jersey and Staten Island earlier than dashing again to Manhattan for late-night units.

“It was an enormous deal to have a present exterior of city after which two or three spots on the town on the weekend,” in accordance with the Fb assertion. “One may truly make a dwelling, and he did!”

Kasten ultimately moved to Los Angeles to pursue performing and labored steadily all through the 90s and early 2000s with credit on “seventh Heaven,” “Sabrina the Teenage Witch,” “Curb Your Enthusiasm,” “All people Loves Raymond,” “Mad About You,” “The Recent Prince of Bel-Air,” “L.A.Legislation,” “Seinfeld” and “It is Like, You Know…”

His “Seinfeld” work got here in three episodes in 1993-94 taking part in a co-worker of Elaine Benes, performed by Julia Louis-Dreyfus.

Kasten and his spouse, Diana Kastenbaum moved to Batavia in 2012 so she might be near her growing old father. She ran for Congress in 2016.

Kasten is survived by his spouse and their daughter, Millicent Jade Kastenbaum.