Shecky Greene dies: Legendary standup comic, improv master and lord of Las Vegas was 97

Shecky Greene, the gifted comic and master improviser who became the consummate Las Vegas lounge headliner and was revered by his peers and live audiences as one of the greatest standup acts of his generation, has died. He was 97.

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