Dead?
Or, flown the coop?
Reflecting on his childhood, Jonathan said "I had too much fear in me to be funny."
http://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1876&dat=19871220&id=j7AeAAAAIBAJ&sjid=hM4EAAAAIBAJ&pg=5300,1789342
Fear is dependably banished by love and laughter.
In 1963, on the Jack Parr show, Johnathan told the following "fishing story..."
from the point of view of the fish.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GqHGh0fUuL0