( CNN ) -- Eric `` The Actor '' Lynch , who became a celebrity among celebrities by calling in to Howard Stern 's radio show , died Saturday , his manager said . Lynch , 39 , stood just 3 feet tall , but his reach was long thanks to the entertaining chemistry he developed with Stern over a decade of phone calls . `` Despite our sometimes testy on-air relationship the entire staff absolutely loved Eric the Actor , '' a message on Stern 's website said Monday . Â '' When he visited the show in person everyone lined up to take pictures with him . Â And not just us -- celebrities all over the world loved Eric . '' His manager , Johnny Fratto , confirmed Lynch 's death in a Twitter posting Sunday : `` I am so sorry and so sad to inform everyone that my friend Eric `` The Actor '' Lynch passed away yesterday afternoon ! ! ! '' Late-night host Jimmy Kimmel , who had Lynch on his show in 2008 , tweeted that he was `` my all-time favorite Howard Stern caller and I will miss him terribly . '' Comedian Wanda Sykes was also a Lynch fan . She tweeted : `` Sad to hear about the passing of # EricTheActor . He was one of my favorite callers . # ByeForNow '' Bravo TV host Andy Cohen initially tweeted that he was praying that word of Lynch 's death was not true , but then : `` seems like it 's true ... So RIP Eric the Actor . One of the great Stern callers ever . He was incredibly entertaining for many years . : - ( `` Comedian Artie Lange , who is well-known for his work on Stern 's radio show , tweeted that Lynch `` truly did n't care what u thought of him . Which in some ways made him happier than us all . '' Lynch , who lived and died in Sacramento , California , suffered from Ehlers-Danlos syndrome , according to his Internet Movie Database biography . His health problems , however , did not keep him from working on several television shows , starting with a role as a travel agency client in a 2005 episode of NBC 's `` American Dreams . '' His Stern stardom also helped Lynch land roles as a homeless man on the Fox TV drama `` Fringe '' and a landlord on the USA Network 's `` In Plain Sight . '' His television resume also includes a cameo role on the FX show `` Legit . '' People we 've lost in 2014 . See more comedy business content at CNN Comedy .
Listeners enjoyed Lynch 's testy on-air relationship with Howard Stern . Late-night TV host Jimmy Kimmel : Lynch was `` my all-time favorite Howard Stern caller '' Artie Lange : Lynch `` truly did n't care what u thought of him '' Health problems did n't keep Lynch from working on several TV shows .