UPDATE 2-U.S. actor Dom DeLuise dies at age 75

* Gained fame as magician on Dean Martin Show

* Was regular character actor in Mel Brooks' comedies

* Wrote several cookbooks including "Eat This." (Recasts, changes sourcing, adds family statement)

By Bob Tourtellotte

LOS ANGELES, May 5 (Reuters) - Dom DeLuise, the U.S. comic actor who gained fame on television and in movies such as "Blazing Saddles" and "Smokey and the Bandit II," has died at age 75.

DeLuise died on Monday night at a hospital in the Los Angeles community of Santa Monica, his agent Robert Malcolm said.

"It's easy to mourn his death, but easier to remember a time when he made you laugh," DeLuise's family said in a statement issued by Malcolm.

No cause of death was given, but Malcolm said DeLuise had health problems including high blood pressure and diabetes.

In December 2008 the actor told TV show "Entertainment Tonight" that he had been fighting prostate cancer. "I'm still here. I'm 75 and here. I feel very blessed," he said.