Lenny Bruce: Swear to Tell the Truth
1998
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She was later sentenced to two years in federal prison. [40] Throughout the final decade of his life, Lenny Bruce was beset by severe drug addiction, using heroin, methamphetamine and Dilaudid daily, suffering numerous health problems and personal strife as a result. [41] His death was caused by an overdose.
Jul 16, 2021 · Bruce's death was listed as acute morphine poisoning caused by an accidental overdose. He was 40 years old. Some people blamed his endless legal battles for his death, and he was considered a free-speech martyr (via The Fix ).
Apr 2, 2014 · Lenny Bruce was an American stand-up comic and satirist who became a target for prosecutors and a poster boy for freedom of speech.
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.”
Jul 28, 2016 · The groundbreaking comedian died on Aug. 3, 1966 from an overdose of morphine while his New York obscenity conviction was still on appeal. On that same day he received a foreclosure notice...
Hollywood, Aug. 3 (AP)--Lenny Bruce, the controversial nightclub comedian whose acts were sprinkled with four-letter words and pungent social satire, died tonight in his home on Hollywood...
Jun 21, 2024 · Lenny Bruce (born October 13, 1925, Mineola, New York, U.S.—died August 3, 1966, Hollywood, California) was an American stand-up comic and social satirist during the 1950s and early ’60s.
