there was too much pressure to be andy kaufman. i just wanted to be andy.t's why i got sick. i hado change completely and ickly. so you know, the letter goes on but that's his reason. please don't tell anybody, me especially dad, not a soul until after he dies. >> well, even if this was just a nice way to honor yr brother, it was nice having you on the show. i suppose before you go, sir, what do you want people to remember about andy kaufman so many years after he's gone and with this renewed interest in him because of this young woman and this bizarre episode? >> remember that andy, he was a genius, he was also a good guy, where most people think he was a problem, but he was actually a good guy, a pleasure to work with, and he's left behind a legacy of all the people who compete in the andy kaufman award. kristen shull and reggie watts attribute the award as giving them the impetus to go forward. harry trajeanian who just won did what andy couldn't accomplish onstage. so it's beautiful, the legacy he's leaving behind is beautiful regardless of what is the

andy kaufman from episode one of "saturday night live," october is 11, 1975. wrestling foundation's jerry "the king" lawler. his stunt, funny to a bizarre degree. kaufman's brilliance, the line between fantasy and reality never clear. his fear played out on "the david letterman" show. the feud, fiction, so the news that kaufman may be alive is not exactly news. the 2011 documentary "the death of andy kaufman" a serious study of whether he faked his death has been a possibility. so the woman who claims to be kaufman's daughter along with his brother made a convincing claim he might be alive. the rumor mill churned again. according to his death certificate, andy kaufman died on may 16, 1984, in west hollywood, california. when asked if there was any chance he faked his own death, the l.a. corp nor put it bluntly, andy kaufman is did. his comedy lives on. we like to think he does, too. >> so joining us now is andy kaufman's brother, michael. thank you for joining us. we just watched this video of what happened. what was going through your mind when the gal walked

i mean, andy kaufman. >> well, andy was something special. you all remember andy kaufman? d a folk club. and he called me up and he said, "you've got to see this guy. he's a very funny guy." he would say that. "just see his act." i said, "okay." i didn't ask questions. >> jimmy: yeah. >> his name is andy kaufman. so i said, "tell him to come in on wednesday." the guy shows up and says -- [ impersonating accent ] "hello." he says, "i am andy kaufman." i said, "hi, kid, how are you? where are you from?" [ impersonating accent ] "i am from an island in the caspian sea." "did you know there are no islands in the caspian sea?" i didn't. >> jimmy: i didn't know either. >> so he goes on, and i'm watching him. people are laughing sort of nervously, and we don't know whether to laugh or not, and then finally he finishes. and he does this elvis impersonation. and he sang like elvis, dead on. but i remember being in the service in japan, and the japanese girls who couldn't speak english could sing an american song no accent. but couldn't speak a word of english. i thought it was the s

a 24ear-old woman comes up claiming to be the daughter andy kaufman >> he wanted to be a stay-at-homead>k, sure. she gets up there with andy's brother, michael, and they say andy's sll alive. >> that's what they say, huh? what a bunch of [beep]. >> dennis farina's dead, we know that. >> what's her evence? >> she doesn't have evidence but what she claims -- >> to hell with what she claims but it got us to thinking. here's what he know. >> ay kamas a notorious prankster. before he died he talked about faking his own death. >> we can talk about big foot banging the tooth fairy. it don make it true. what else. >> there's an internet search engine that people use to find out when someone dies. it will say dead at a certain year. hiner shs up. >> wait, that actually seems like evidence. on. >> it ys for property listed imthere was no properties under to him until 2001 new york under his name still. >> he bought a place seven years after he died? that's weird but doesn't prove he's alive. >> that's the ultimate prank. he's a pps artist. >> at what point would you admit you're wrong? >> at what

coroner put it bluntly andy kaufman is dead. his comedy lives on. we'd like to think he does, too. going to hear from andy kauffman's brother tomorrow at 3:00 eastern here on cnn. >>> we have much more straight ahead in the newsroom and it all starts right now. >>> i'm fredricka whitfield, here are the top stories from the cnn

coroner put it bluntly andy kaufman is dead. his comedy lives on. we'd like to think he does, too. miguel marquez, cnn, hollywood. >> all right. we're going to hear from andy kauffman's brother tomorrow at 3:00 eastern here on cnn. >>> we have much more straight ahead in the newsroom and it all starts right now. >>> i'm fredricka whitfield, here are the top stories from the cnn newsroom. princeton university students may need to get an emergency vaccine before going home to help stop the spread of a rare, dangerous strain of meningitis. >>> and toronto mayor, rob ford, admitted to smoking crack, buying drugs and drinking himself into a stuper, but as the city council votes to limit his powers, ford is apologizing but not backing down. >>> and it has been three years since a california family mysteriously vanished. now the search is over but there still remain questions. >>> first up, the meningitis outbreak at princeton university. the school and health officials are taking it extremely seriously. here is why. it involves a rare strain of the bacterial disease that can be deadly and

. >> today on "tmz" -- >> there is evidence that andy kaufman, one of the most famous comedians of alltime, may be alive. >> i wanted to honor my dad. >> before he died, he talked about faking his own death. >> this is the ultimate prank, he's a performance artist. >> at what point would you admit you're wrong? >> at what point would you admit you're wrong? [laughter] yesterday was the sexiest event of the year, the victoria's secret fashion show. who really looked hot was taylor swift. she looked so pretty. well,

. >> today on "tmz" -- >> there is evidence that andy kaufman, one of the most famous comedians of all time, may be alive. >> i wanted to honor my dad. >> before he died, he talked about faking his own death. >> this is the ultimate prank, he's a performance artist. >> at what point would you admit you're wrong? >> at what point would you admit you're wrong? [laughter] yesterday was the sexiest event of the year, the victoria's secret fashioow

danny deveto, tony danza, andy kaufman. nice to see you again.character? >> tony clifton, piss people off walking in the door. wonderful. wonderful gene pool of crazy people wandering paramount. >> jimmy: "taxi" all the guys from that. who were your buddies back then? >> those guys were pretty fun. really, really fun. >> jimmy: like. >> to the point i can't talk about it without a lawyer right now. you know, and i met a girl, i knew things were going crazy with "mork & mindy" we went home later, and she went "do me, mork." no, no, no. this is not about me anymore. here, keep the suspenders. >> jimmy: wow, i would love -- did you stick to the script? >> they toed to have a thing. mork does his thing here. big open riffs. we would go, greatest, last year was the best, boss. first year was wonderful. second year got crazy, because the network started to get involved. and i knew things weren't going well. in denver mile high stadium dressed as a denver bronco cheerleader in full drag, going the end is near. the last year because things were going out

andy kaufman. ♪ >> kaufman was 35 when he died of a rare form of lung cancer. her father is still alive. >> but reports are surfacing that the "daughter" is an actress. now michael is not sure if he is part of another hoax. this is a bizarre story. let's bring in the senior producer for cnn and a life long fan of andy kaufman. is he in on this or not? >> that is what everybody is wondering right now. i personally believe it was a one last hurray for the family. i spoken with andy's father, who was 90, a few months before he died. he told me the real story of andy really does have a daughter. when he was 17, he fathered a child and that child was given up for adoption. after andy's death, the father had always wondered what happened to his granddaughter. in the early 1990s, that daughter came back into his life through -- they met. stanley is the father's name. stanley said it became the most special relationship of his life and the final couple of years, stanley was suffering from cancer. it was andy's daughter who would come down to his florida home and take ca

that's andy kaufman in a great costume. because who says this?for talking like this. then he went on to the floor of the council wearing his toronto argonauts jersey. they were very disappointed. it is the playoffs. and the councillors turned their backs on him. he does this manic mood swing. he has the impulse control of a 13-year-old boy with that first press conference. that line, it seemed like he worked that line out before he came. on it wasn't extemporaneous. a few hours later he changes out of jersey and apologizes. >> let's play the apology here. here's that. >> i want to apologize for my graphic remarks this morning. yesterday i mentioned it was the second worst day of my life except for the death of my father. for the past six months, i have been under tremendous tremendous, tremendous stress. the stress is largely of my own making. i have apologized and i have tried to move forward. this has proven to be almost impossible. >> so what happens next here in there are 500 pages of police reports in which a lot of these allegations that he

did you see andy kaufman's brother? he said he's alive. >> that's like elvis, right? >> i'm going to have to check that out on. >> watch "homeland." >>> hedge fund billionaire david tepper is giving another $67 million to carnegie mellon, bringing his total gift to the university over $125 million over the last decade. the money will be using to create a new academic hub on the school's pittsburgh campus called the david a. tepper quadrangle. >> i don't know what to say except this is good. >> it is good. some people say that -- >> i think he's bad? how can you take that position? >> because i think david responded to someone who took that position when he was on the show. >> oh, about giving back money. >> i think it's good. but there are people that say, you made $3 billion last year. this is supposed to make us think you're a better person because you gave -- >> you're taking the peter buffett approach to -- >> i wasn't going the name any names, but yeah. i'm saying that that is why you can count -- >> i would -- >> some people might disagree. >> i'll give you a di