Heartbreaking: Carol BurnettAmerican comedian and actress Just Passed Away At the Aged of 91…see…more

Heartbreaking: Carol BurnettAmerican comedian and actress Just Passed Away At the Aged of 91…see…more CNN

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It was no trouble securing stars to appear on a television special to celebrate Carol Burnett’s 90th birthday, according to the event’s executive producer Mark Bracco.

 

Bracco and co-executive producer Linda Gierahn spent about a year putting the show together. When it came time to secure talent for the event, Bracco told CNN he has never seen a response as swift from artists eager to appear and fete the comic icon.

 

“Literally everyone wanted to say yes,” Bracco said in an interview ahead of Wednesday’s broadcast. “It just grew beyond our wildest expectations of how many people would come and participate.”