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  1. Weintraub was the original owner and host of The Bitter End in New York City's Greenwich Village. Weintraub discovered singers and stand-up comedians such as Peter, Paul and Mary, Lenny Bruce (with whom he was arrested for obscenity), Randy Newman and The Isley Brothers.

  2. Mar 7, 2017 · March 7, 2017. Fred Weintraub, who left home, family and a baby-carriage business to become the Greenwich Village impresario who advanced the careers of dozens of fledgling singers and...

  3. Mar 8, 2017 · An impresario and producer who helped launch the careers of many marquee-name musicians, comedians and actors — including Bob Dylan, Woody Allen and Bruce Lee — has died. Fred Weintraub was 88 years old. His wife, Jackie, confirmed his death to NPR.

  4. In 1961, former adman and inveterate showman, Fred Weintraub, chipped away crumbling plaster in the small, dingy, Bleecker Street venue he had acquired to reveal a red brick wall that would become the archetypal backdrop to over half a century of music and comedy.

  5. Mar 8, 2017 · Mr. Weintraub died at 88 on March 5, leaving a legacy that included founding the storied New York folk and comedy club the Bitter End, greenlighting a music festival shoot that became the ...

  6. An impresario and producer who helped launch the careers of many marquee-name musicians, comedians and actors — including Bob Dylan, Woody Allen and Bruce Lee — has died. Fred Weintraub was 88 years o

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  8. Mar 11, 2017 · Fred Weintraub, whose club The Bitter End was instrumental in kick-starting the careers of numerous artists, died on Sunday from complications of Parkinson's Disease. He was 88.

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