| 1925 | Oct 13, 1925 - Leonard Alfred Schneider, better known as Lenny Bruce, was born on 13 October 1925. The American comic was ahead of his time. Lenny Bruce's stand-up comedy was one of the first acts to deal with sex, religion, and politics. His dark, satirical routines built up ...Leonard Alfred Schneider, better known as Lenny Bruce, was born on 13 October 1925. The American comic was ahead of his time. Lenny Bruce's stand-up comedy was one of the first acts to deal with sex, religion, and politics. His dark, satirical routines built up a cult following. Lenny Bruce said of his own work: "All my humour is based upon destruction and despair. If the whole world were tranquil, without disease and violence, I'd be standing on the breadline right in back of ...  Show more  Show lesswww.biogs.com/famous/brucelenny.html
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| 1960 | Dec 8, 1960 - Basin Street East, a long, large, low-ceilinged room at 137 East Forty-eighth Street, currently has in captivity three of the most frenetic performers likely to be found in any cage in town. There la a playful parakeet named Pat Morrlssey, who divides her time between preening and ... select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F5091FF734551A7A93CAA91789D95F448685F9
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| 1961 | Oct 4, 1961 - com ; ...On Oct. 4, 1961, stand-up comic Lenny Bruce appeared at San Francisco's Jazz Workshop...show, more tragic than anything even Lenny Bruce could have dreamed up. "I took exception...tonight, but I'm not a comedian, I'm Lenny Bruce." It was the first of ...Lenny Bruce died for our sins Magazine article from: Salon.com ; ...On Oct. 4, 1961, stand-up comic Lenny Bruce appeared at San Francisco's Jazz Workshop...show, more tragic than anything even Lenny Bruce could have dreamed up. "I took exception...tonight, but I'm not a comedian, I'm Lenny Bruce." It was the first of eight obscenity... Show more Show lesswww.encyclopedia.com/doc/1R1-97343681.html
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| 1962 | Sep 8, 1962 - SYDNEY, Australia, Sept. 7 (AP) Lenny Bruce, American comedian, opened at the Aarons Hotel last night and closed this morning. The police announced that they were investigating charges that the act was obscene. The Daily Mirror said that Mr. Bruce gave a blasphemous account of the ... select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F50617FF3F58107B93CAA91782D85F468685F9
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| 1964 | Nov 25, 1964 - The Illinois Supreme court ruled yesterday that a 1962 Chicago night club performance by Lenny Bruce, a comedian, was not obscene. LENNY BRUCE '62 OBSCENITY OASE REVERSED. State Supreme Court. Clears Performers. The Illinois Supreme court ruled yesterday that a 1962 Chicago night club ... pqasb.pqarchiver.com/chicagotribune/access/581005042.html?dids=581005042:581005042&FMT=ABS& FMTS=ABS:AI&type=historic&date=Nov+25%2C...LENNY+BRUCE...
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| 1966 | Aug 4, 1966 - Lenny Bruce, dean of the nation's so-called sick comedians, died Wednesday night in his Hollywood home--nude, with a hypodermic needle in his arm and narcotics paraphernalia beside him, police reported. Lenny Bruce. TeMd hob. Lenny Bruce Dies, Apparently From Overdose of Drua ... pqasb.pqarchiver.com/latimes/access/497022282.html?dids=497022282:497022282&FMT=ABS&FMTS= ABS:AI&type=historic&date=Aug+04%2C+1966...Lenny+Bruce...
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| 1974 | Jun 12, 1974 - A perfectly good actor named Frank Speiser came out on the stager of the Players Theater in MacDougal Street last night and gave an impersonation, quite a skilled impersonation as it happens, of Lenny Bruce. A perfectly good actor never evi so ; named Frank Speiser musical "Ler f out ... select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F00F14FC3959127A93C0A8178DD85F408785F9
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| 1990 | Nov 2, 1990 - By Jess Cagle. Wild-man comic Lenny Bruce never heard rap music, but his raunchy, freewheeling stand-up act shared rap's desperate insolence and brutally honest language. So it's sadly appropriate that the rap group 2 Live Crew's obscenity trial in Florida coincides with the ... www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,318515,00.html
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| 1999 | Aug 9, 1999 - By WALTER GOODMAN. Lenny Bruce's sad life and short career are by now solidly entrenched in legend. Having won audiences by mocking the hypocrisy of official attitudes toward obscenity, this comedian suffered the revenge of the law and succumbed to his own worst temptations. ... select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F00B1EF83B540C7A8CDDA10894D1494D81
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| 2003 | Dec 24, 2003 - NEW YORK (CNN) -- Gov. George Pataki has pardoned the late stand-up comedian Lenny Bruce for a 1964 obscenity conviction. "The posthumous pardon of Lenny Bruce is a declaration of New York's commitment to upholding the First Amendment," Pataki said Tuesday. "I hope this pardon serves ... www.cnn.com/2003/SHOWBIZ/12/24/bruce.pardon/
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