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Andy Kaufman
Andrew Geoffrey Kaufman ( ; January 17, 1949 – May 16, 1984) was an American entertainer and performance artist. He has sometimes been called an " anti-comedian". He disdained telling jokes and engaging in comedy as it was traditionally understood, once saying in an interview, "I am not a comic, I have never told a joke. The comedian's promise is that he will go out there and make you laugh with him. My only promise is that I will try to entertain you as best I can." After working in small comedy clubs in the early 1970s, Kaufman came to the attention of a wider audience in 1975, when he was invited to perform portions of his act on the first season of ''Saturday Night Live''. His Foreign Man character was the basis of his performance as Latka Gravas on the television show ''Taxi'' from 1978 until 1983. During this time, he continued to tour comedy clubs and theaters in a series of unique performance art/comedy shows, sometimes appearing as himself and sometimes as obn ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Beth David Cemetery
Beth David Cemetery is a Jewish cemetery located at 300 Elmont Road in Elmont, New York, United States. The cemetery was established in 1917. As of 2012, there were approximately 245,000 burials in the cemetery. Notable interments * Iris Apfel (1921–2024), fashion designer * Sam Ash (1897–1956), violinist and founder of Sam Ash Music * Abe Axler (1901–1933), mobster * Eduard Bloch (1872–1945), personal physician to the family of Adolf Hitler *Rube Bloom (1902–1976), musician *Dori Brenner (1946–2000), actress * Joseph Brody (1877–1937), composer *Joyce Brothers (1927–2013), psychologist * Ed Chalpin (1935–2019 ), record executive and producer * Barbara Craddock (1940–2005), dancer and choreographer * Happy Foreman (1899–1953), baseball player * Noah Greenberg (1919–1966), conductor * Benjamin Heller (c. 1905-1974), English-American lawyer and politician *Bernard Herrmann (1911–1975), composer * Israel J. Hochman (1875–1940), bandleader and music arrang ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
