Comedian Tom Smothers, One-Half of the Smothers Brothers, Dies at 86

Tom Smothers does yo-yo tricks during arrivals at CBS's 75th anniversary celebration in New York on Nov. 2, 2003. Louis Lanzano/AP Photo

Tom Smothers, half of the Smothers Brothers, has died at 86.

The National Comedy Center, on behalf of his family, said in a statement Wednesday that Mr. Smothers died Tuesday at home in Santa Rosa, California, following a cancer battle.