Don Rickles told his daughter to keep his name alive. The legendary comedian’s daughter Mindy Rickles revealed she uses her maiden name for her own stand-up career to honour a request from her late dad, who died from kidney failure at the age of 90 in 2017. She told Closer magazine in the US: “He always told me, ‘Keep my name alive’, and that’s a big reason I use my maiden name, Rickles. “He wanted to be known as a nice guy, as he sang in his act, and that he really loved his family.” Mindy, 55, admitted her father was “nervous” when she told him she wanted to go into stand-up comedy. She expl…