Andy Kaufman had already had a extensive comedy career before his role in "Taxi". After his role ended, he moved on to star in several different sketch comedy shows like "Saturday Night Live" and the rest is history. Andy Kaufman sadly passed a away on May 16, 1984 at the age of 35 due to a rare form of lung cancer. His legacy lives on in the movie "The Man On The Moon", in which he was played by Jim Carrey.