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1971–2022. Gerson Merton Lenord Friedman [3] [4] (June 6, 1932 – November 12, 2022), known professionally as Budd Friedman, was an American actor and comedian, as well as the founder and original proprietor and MC of the Improvisation Comedy Club, which opened in 1963, on West 44th Street near the SE corner of 9th Avenue, in the Hell's ...
Nov 13, 2022 · He was 90. Friedman’s wife, Alix, told the Hollywood Reporter that the Improv comedy club founder died Saturday of heart failure at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles, where he lived in ...
Nov 13, 2022 · Lloyd Bishop/NBCU Photo Bank/NBCUniversal via Getty Images. Budd Friedman, the Broadway producer who founded The Improv comedy club franchise and kickstarted the careers of some of Hollywood’s ...
Nov 13, 2022 · Budd Friedman, comedy icon and founder of The Improv, dies at 90. David Livingston/Getty Born June 6, 1932 in Norwich, Conn., Friedman's family moved to New York City in 1941.
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Nov 12, 2022 · November 12, 2022 9:34pm. Budd Friedman David Livingston/Getty Images. Budd Friedman, the comedy club pioneer who founded the original Improv in New York in 1963 and gave early career breaks to ...
Nov 16, 2022 · By Clay Risen. Nov. 16, 2022. Budd Friedman, who revolutionized the world of stand-up comedy with his empire of Improv clubs, offering a launching pad for generations of joke tellers, including ...
Nov 15, 2022 · Budd Friedman, who turned a dingy New York coffeehouse called the Improv into a vibrant showcase for stand-up comedy, helping to usher in the 1970s and ’80s comedy boom by showing that a club ...
