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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. Milwaukee time at Mt. Sinai Hospital in Manhattan after being hospitalized for over two weeks, the celebrity lawyer Raoul Felder told The Associated Press.
The irascible Mason was known for his sharp wit and piercing social commentary, often about being Jewish, men and women and his own inadequacies. His typical style was amused outrage.
“Eighty percent of married men cheat in America. The rest cheat in Europe,” he once joked. Another Mason line was: “Politics doesn’t make strange bedfellows, marriage does.” About himself, he once said: “I was so self-conscious, every time football players went into a huddle; I thought they were talking about me.”
Jackie Mason, irascible comedian who perfected amused outrage, dies at 93
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.
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Posted: Jul 24, 2021 10:38 PM ET | Last Updated: July 25
Comedian Jackie Mason, pictured here in 2002, died Saturday at the age of 93.(Stephen J. Carrera/File/The Associated Press)
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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Jackie Mason has passed away aged 93 (Image: The Mirror)
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