Lenny Bruce: Swear to Tell the Truth
1998
Search results
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 which contained satire, politics, religion, sex, and vulgarity. [2]
In the end, Lenny Bruce lay on the bathroom floor of his Hollywood Hills home, sprawled out in the nude, dead of a drug overdose. It was Aug. 3, 1966, and this was, in a perversely fitting...
13 Oct 1925. Mineola, Nassau County, New York, USA. Death. 3 Aug 1966 (aged 40) Hollywood Hills, Los Angeles County, California, USA. Burial. Eden Memorial Park. Mission Hills, Los Angeles County, California, USA Show Map. Plot. Mount Nebo, Section 298-C. Memorial ID. 140. · View Source. Suggest Edits. Memorial. Photos 3. Flowers 680. Memorials.
- Mineola, Nassau County, New York, USA
- October 13, 1925
People also ask
How did Lenny Bruce die?
Who was Lenny Bruce?
Where can I find Lenny Bruce obituary?
Does Lenny Bruce have a museum?
Dec 4, 2018 · Bruce died in 1966 in his home in Hollywood Hills at the age of 40. His cause of death was listed as “acute morphine poisoning caused by an accidental overdose.”. Bruce was survived by his ...
- Elena Nicolaou
Aug 1, 2016 · Lenny Bruce died half-naked, alone and broke on a bathroom floor in Los Angeles, with a needle stuck in his arm. The official cause: a morphine overdose. He was 40 years old.
Oct 20, 2016 · Andrew Taylor/View. East valley photographer Don Carroll explains how he took the last picture of his friend Lenny Bruce before the comics death in 1966. He took many pictures of the...
Jul 28, 2016 · Remembering Lenny Bruce, 50 years after his death – Los Angeles Times | The Official Website of Lenny Bruce. It’s almost 50 years since the death of Lenny Bruce. The groundbreaking comedian died on Aug. 3, 1966 from an overdose of morphine while his New York obscenity conviction was still on appeal.
