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Harvey Korman, the tall, versatile comedian who won four Emmys for his outrageously funny contributions to "The Carol Burnett Show" and played a conniving politician to hilarious effect in "Blazing Saddles," died Thursday. He was 81. TV Emmy award winner, Harvey Korman, left, and Tim Conwaypose together after performing at University of Texas at Tyler in this 2004 photo. Korman, the tall, versatile comedian who won four Emmys for his outrageously funny contributions to "The Carol Burnett Show" and played a conniving politician to hilarious effect in "Blazing Saddles," died Thursday, May 29, 2008. He was 81. In this Sept. 18, 1978 file photo, comic actors Harvey Korman, left, and Tim Conway show off three Emmy Awards for the "Carol Burnett Show" at the Pasadena Civic Auditorium, in Pasadena, Calif. A UCLA Medical Center spokeswoman said actor Harvey Korman has died, Thursday, May 29, 2008. He was 81. In this Friday, March 3, 2000 file photo, cast members of the famed "Carol Burnett Show", from left, Carol Burnett, Tim Conway, Harvey Korman and Vicki Lawrence pose for a photo before attending a discussion of the former television show at the Director's Guild Theater in the Hollywood section of Los Angeles. A UCLA Medical Center spokeswoman said actor Harvey Korman has died, Thursday, May 29, 2008.