Tag: Lenny Bruce
October 13th, 1925: Lenny Bruce, American stand-up comedian, social critic, and satirist, was born
Lenny Bruce (Leonard Alfred Schneider), who stretched the boundaries of free speech with comedy and commentary and taboo subjects, was born in Mineola, New York on this date in 1925. He first became controversial...
August 3, 1966: Pioneering comedian and free-speech warrior Lenny Bruce died
Pioneering comedian and free-speech warrior Lenny Bruce (Leonard Alfred Schneider) died on this date in 1966 at age 40 from a drug overdose. In the early 1950s he worked a double-act with his wife,...