Gallagher retires from performing live

(CBS/AP) MARION, Ohio - So much for smashing watermelons.

Comedian Gallagher has announced he's done performing live onstage for crowds and is retiring after 32 years. The news comes a week after Gallagher suffered a heart attack.

The Los Angeles-based comedian, whose full name is Leo Anthony Gallagher, told an Ohio radio station on Thursday that his retirement plans include posting his writings online for fans and possibly appearing at private parties.

The 65-year-old comic had a heart attack March 14 before a performance at a suburban Dallas bar. He came out of a medically induced coma this week and was released from a hospital Wednesday.

He told WDCM in Marion, Ohio. that it sometimes didn't matter how clever his jokes were if the audience couldn't hold their liquor. He said the job is like "baby-sitting people who can't handle alcohol."

Gallagher is known for smashing watermelons with a sledgehammer.