At the Marriott in downtown Wichita, Johnny Williams watched over eight children -- in town for a basketball camp -- in a ballroom where they'd taken shelter.

CNN: April 16, 2012 -- Updated 0326 GMT (1126 HKT)

He also made regular appearances on The Tonight Show with hosts Jack Paar and then Johnny Carson, The Andy Williams Show and his own TV variety shows - The Jonathan Winters Show and The Wacky World of Jonathan Winters - in the late 1960s and early 1970s.

BBC: Mork and Mindy star Jonathan Winters dies at 87

His firm has worked with entertainers including Johnny Carson, Frank Sinatra, Joan Rivers and Robin Williams.

WSJ: Larry Ellison Lists Lake Tahoe Compound��WSJ Private Properties