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Lenny Bruce
Lenny Bruce | |
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 Bruce in 1961 | |
| Born | Leonard Alfred Schneider October 13, 1925 Mineola, New York, U.S. |
| Died | August 3, 1966 (aged 40) Los Angeles, California, U.S. |
| Resting place | Eden Memorial Park Cemetery |
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| Years active | 1947–1966 |
| Spouse | [1] |
| Children | 1 |
| Relatives | Sally Marr (mother) |
| Comedy career | |
| Medium | Stand-up, television, books |
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| Notable works and roles | The Lenny Bruce Originals The Carnegie Hall Concert Let the Buyer Beware How to Talk Dirty and Influence People |
| Signature |  |
Leonard Alfred Schneider (October 13, 1925 – August 3, 1966), better known by his stage name Lenny Bruce, was an American stand-up comedian, social critic, and satirist. He was renowned for his open, free-wheeling, and critical style of comedy that combined satire, politics, religion, sex, and vulgarity.[2] His 1964 conviction in an obscenity trial was followed by a posthumous pardon in 2003.[3]
Bruce forged new paths in comedy and counterculture. His trial for obscenity was a landmark of freedom of speech in the United States.[4][5][6] In 2017, Rolling Stone magazine ranked Bruce third (behind Richard Pryor and George Carlin) on its list of the 50 best stand-up comics of all time.[7]
- ^ August, Melissa (September 5, 2005). "Died". Time. Archived from the original on April 8, 2008. Retrieved August 3, 2008.
78, ex-stripper who in 1951 married the soon-to-be-famous comedian Lenny Bruce; in Honolulu. Though the pair split in 1957 (they had a daughter, Kitty), the sometime actress who called herself "Lenny's Shady Lady" helped successfully lobby New York Governor George Pataki to pardon Bruce
- ^ "Let There Be Laughter – Jewish Humor Around the World". Beit Hatfutsot. June 14, 2018.
- ^ Kifner, John (December 24, 2003). "No Joke! 37 Years After Death Lenny Bruce Receives Pardon". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved October 15, 2019.
- ^ Kifner, John (December 24, 2003). "No Joke! 37 Years After Death Lenny Bruce Receives Pardon". The New York Times. Retrieved December 5, 2013.
- ^ Cite error: The named reference
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- ^ Matthew Love, The 50 Best Stand-up Comics of All Time, Rolling Stone, February 14, 2017. Archived December 11, 2017, at the Wayback Machine.
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