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"Professor" Irwin Corey (July 29, 1914 – February 6, 2017) was an American stand-up comic, film actor and activist, often billed as "The World's Foremost Authority". He introduced his unscripted, improvisational style of stand-up comedy at the San Francisco club the hungry i.
Feb 7, 2017 · Comedian and actor Irwin Corey, for whom the word "however" was the perfect opening line, has died at age 102. With an impish grin and wild hair, Corey was a nightclub and talk-show fixture who...
Feb 7, 2017 · Irwin Corey, the cunningly befuddled comedian who spent more than 70 years perfecting his portrayal of “the world’s foremost authority,” died on Monday at his home in Manhattan. He was 102. His...
Feb 7, 2017 · “Professor” Irwin Corey, the wild-haired comic who billed himself as “The World’s Foremost Authority” and proceeded to amuse and confuse his audiences with his patented stream of...
Feb 7, 2017 · Madcap comedian Professor Irwin Corey, who billed himself as “the world’s foremost authority” and entertained audiences in comedy clubs and on TV and stage with rambling and nonsensical...
Prof. Irwin Corey, a comedian who billed himself as “The World’s Foremost Authority” and was the master of authoritative-sounding meaningless double-talk, has died at 102.
Feb 7, 2017 · Madcap comedian Professor Irwin Corey, who billed himself as "the world's foremost authority" and entertained audiences in comedy clubs and on TV and stage with rambling and nonsensical...
Feb 7, 2017 · "The World's Foremost Authority" has died at age 102. Professor Irwin Corey was a staple on late-night TV. In his 90s, he was panhandling for social causes in Manhattan.
Feb 7, 2017 · Professor Irwin Corey, "The Worlds Foremost Authority", circa 1970. Michael Ochs Archives / ABC via Getty Images. Corey's dizzying mix of mock-intellectual circumlocutions, earnest...
Feb 7, 2017 · Under the moniker Professor Corey, the self-described rebel comedian spent eight decades perfecting a mock-intellectual routine laced with malapropisms and non sequiturs.