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5 days ago · Lenny Bruce was an American stand-up comic and social satirist during the 1950s and early ’60s. Although public authorities increasingly denounced his performances as dirty and sick and courts across the United States tried him for obscenity, Bruce was widely esteemed by artists and intellectuals.
Sep 27, 2018 · September 27, 20185:03 AM ET. Heard on Morning Edition. By. The Kitchen Sisters. 6-Minute Listen. Playlist. The comic Lenny Bruce was brilliant, profane and self-destructive. After Bruce's...
Jul 28, 2016 · By Paul Krassner. July 28, 2016 6 AM PT. 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...
