Editing Garry Shandling (section)

==Early life==
Garry Emmanuel Shandling was born into a Jewish family in Chicago<ref name=people>{{cite journal| journal=[[People (magazine)|People]]| url=https://www.people.com/people/archive/article/0,,20094137,00.html| title=Johnny Carson and Joan Rivers Can Agree on One Thing: Garry Shandling Is Perfect for Her Old Tonight Show Job| first1=Tim| last1=Allis| first2=Ron| last2=LaBrecque| date=July 21, 1986| volume=26| number=3| access-date=January 18, 2013| archive-date=December 3, 2013| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131203010905/http://www.people.com/people/archive/article/0,,20094137,00.html| url-status=dead}}</ref> on November 29, 1949,<ref>{{cite news| url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/garry-shandling-who-parodied-tvs-conventions-in-two-hit-comedy-shows-dies-at-66/2016/03/24/cc268cde-f1ff-11e5-85a6-2132cf446d0a_story.html| title=Garry Shandling, who parodied TV's conventions in two hit comedy shows, dies at 66| last1=Schudel| first1=Matt| date=2016-03-24| last2=Bernstein| first2=Adam| newspaper=[[The Washington Post]]| language=en-US| issn=0190-8286| access-date=2016-03-25| url-access=subscription}}</ref> the son of pet store proprietor Muriel Estelle (née Singer) and print shop owner Irving Shandling.<ref>{{cite web| url=https://www.filmreference.com/film/43/Garry-Shandling.html| title=Garry Shandling profile| website=FilmReference.com| access-date=March 24, 2016| archive-date=March 29, 2016| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160329055040/http://www.filmreference.com/film/43/Garry-Shandling.html| url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite news| url=https://www.nytimes.com/2007/01/28/arts/television/28stei.html?pagewanted=1| newspaper=[[The New York Times]]|title=Hey Now: It's Garry Shandling's Obsession| first=Jacques| last=Steinberg| date=January 28, 2007| access-date=April 2, 2010| url-access=subscription}}</ref> He grew up in the Casa Loma Estates area of [[Tucson, Arizona]], having moved there with his family so that his older brother Barry could receive treatment for [[cystic fibrosis]].<ref name=people /> Barry died of the disease when Shandling was 10.<ref name=billboard>{{cite magazine| url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/7272564/garry-shandling-dead-66| title=Garry Shandling Dead at 66| magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]| date=March 24, 2016| access-date=March 24, 2016}}</ref> After graduating from [[Palo Verde High School (Arizona)|Palo Verde High School]], Shandling attended the [[University of Arizona]] to major in [[electrical engineering]],<ref>{{cite web| url=http://arizonaalumni.com/garry-shandling| title=Garry Shandling| date=July 18, 2013| website=arizonaalumni.com| access-date=April 8, 2018| archive-date=April 8, 2018| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180408073510/http://arizonaalumni.com/garry-shandling| url-status=usurped}}</ref> but instead completed a degree in marketing and pursued a year of [[postgraduate studies]] in creative writing.<ref name=variety>{{cite news| url=https://variety.com/2016/tv/news/garry-shandling-dead-larry-sanders-show-show-1201738601| title=Garry Shandling Dies at 66| magazine=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]| first=Alex| last=Stedman| date=March 24, 2016| access-date=March 24, 2016}}</ref>