(New York Jewish Week) — Freddie Roman wasn’t just a Catskills comic but a curator and preservationist of a comedy tradition born at the Jewish resorts in upstate New York’s
Comedian Freddie Roman, the former dean of The Friars Club and a staple of the Catskills comedy scene, has died. He was 85. Roman passed away Saturday afternoon at Bethesda
Bored with selling shoes, he became a comedian in the 1960s and later conceived the hit show “Catskills on Broadway.” He was also the longtime dean of the Friars Club.