Larry David Honors Longtime Friend Richard Lewis With Heartbreaking Statement

Larry David honored the late Richard Lewis on Wednesday with a bittersweet statement about the bond the two friends and comedians shared.

Richard and I were born three days apart in the same hospital and for most of my life hes been like a brother to me, David said in a statement shared with multiple  outlets .

The Curb Your Enthusiasm creator explained why he would never forgive his longtime co-star on the series for dying.

He had that rare combination of being the funniest person and also the sweetest, David said. But today he made me sob and for that Ill never forgive him.

Lewis, who revealed last year he had been diagnosed with Parkinsons disease, died Tuesday night of a heart attack at the age of 76.

The two comedians first met as preteens at summer camp, but they didnt hit it off right away, Lewis confessed to The Spectator last year . Instead, they were arch rivals. Lewis considered David cocky and even tried to hit him with the ball when playing baseball.

The two reunited more than a decade later when they were both standup comics in New York City, but it wasnt until a night of heavy drinking that they recognized each other and a beautiful friendship was born. 

He loves me and Im his dearest friend, Lewis said of his former nemesis, though he didnt expect David to wax poetic.

It would be rare for him to go deep like that, he said.