Lenny Bruce: Swear to Tell the Truth
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When a friend asked him afterwards why he had turned his back on comedy he replied, "I'm not a comedian anymore. I'm Lenny Bruce." On August 3, 1966, Lenny was found dead on the bathroom floor of his Hollywood home. Whatever the details or reasons why, Lenny Bruce was found dead from a drug overdose at the age of 40.
Aug 13, 2012 · March 15, 2024. I'm Not a Comedian... I'm Lenny Bruce at Evelyn Rubenstein JCC - 365 Things to Do in Houston. Read More.
Lenny Bruce. Writer: Dance Hall Racket. Lenny Bruce was born Leonard Alfred Schneider on October 13, 1925, in Mineola, Long Island, New York. His British-born father, Myron, was a shoe clerk, his mother, Sadie, was a dancer. Lenny's parents were divorced when he was a child.
Apr 30, 2024 · 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.
Leonard Alfred Schneider, 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.
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...
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. Stand-Up Act:...
