Comedian Jackie Mason dies at 93
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July 24, 2021 at 8:49 p.m.
Actor/comedian Jackie Mason stands beside a bus displaying a sign advertising his TV show in this 1992 file photo. Mason, a rabbi-turned-jokester, has died. He was 93. Mason died Saturday, July 24, 2021, in Manhattan, the celebrity lawyer Raul Felder told The New York Times. (AP Photo)
NEW YORK Jackie Mason, a rabbi-turned-comedian whose feisty brand of standup comedy led him to Catskills nightclubs, West Coast talk shows and Broadway stages, has died. He was 93.
Mason died Saturday at 5 p.m. Central Time at Mt. Sinai Hospital in Manhattan after being hospitalized for over two weeks, the celebrity lawyer Raul Felder told The Associated Press.
Jackie Mason, Borscht Belt Stand-Up Comedian, Dies at 93
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Jackie Mason, the veteran stand-up comedian known for bringing his Jewish sensibilities and Yiddish culture and delivery straight from the Borscht Belt and into his irreverent sets, has died. He was 93.
Mason, whose death was reported by The New York Times as told by his lawyer Raoul Felder, died at a hospital in Manhattan on Saturday. No cause of death was given.
Mason was a Tony and Emmy winner famous for his one-man shows on Broadway and for bringing in a whole new generation of fans with his well-recognized voice of Rabbi Hyman Krustofski, or Krusty the Clown s dad, on The Simpsons.
Jackie Mason, who turned kvetching into comedy gold, dies at 93 A former rabbi, Mason made comic capital as a Jew feeling his way sometimes nervously, sometimes pugnaciously through a perplexing gentile world.
By William Grimes New York Times July 24, 2021 8:27pm Text size Copy shortlink:
NEW YORK Jackie Mason, whose staccato, arm-waving delivery and thick Yiddish accent kept the borscht belt style of comedy alive long after the Catskills resorts had shut their doors, and whose career reached new heights in the 1980s with a series of one-man shows on Broadway, died Saturday in Manhattan. He was 93. Mason s death, at a hospital, was confirmed by his longtime friend, lawyer Raoul Felder.
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The comic received a 1987 special Tony Award for his highly successful solo effort Jackie Mason s The World According to Me!, which ran for 573 performances. (He received an Emmy for writing the show after it aired on television in 1988).
Jackie Mason voiced Rabbi Hyman Krustofsky in The Simpsons.
The one-man Broadway outings that followed included Jackie Mason: Brand New in 1990-91, Jackie Mason: Politically Incorrect in 1994-95, Love Thy Neighbor in 1996-97, Much Ado About Everything in 1999-2000 and Jackie Mason: Freshly Squeezed in 2005. His final one-man show, Jackie Mason: The Ultimate Jew, skipped Broadway.
Variety wrote of The Ultimate Jew : The show is one long jab at the world s hypocrisy, dusted with one-liners from the take my wife, please vaults. Mason can be painfully old-fashioned, like when he tells the millionth joke about expensive restaurants serving small portions, but he doesn t seem to care. For an ageing crowd often ignored by th