UPDATE with reactions from Jim Carrey and Wallace Langham: Garry Shandling, who died Thursday in Los Angeles at 66, was known best by many as the creator and star of the long-running HBO series The Larry Sanders Show, rightly considered one of history’s landmark comedy series. But Shandling had an illustrious career in Hollywood in both TV and film after his beginnings on the stand-up circuit and then being invited to guest host on The Tonight Show Starring Johnny…
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