Lenny Bruce
American comedian and social critic (1925-1966) · United States · On the map · Comedians · Died at 40
Leonard Alfred Schneider, better known by his stage name Lenny Bruce, was an American stand-up comedian, social critic, and satirist. He was renowned for his open, free-wheeling, and critical style of comedy that combined satire, politics, religion, sex, and vulgarity.
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His 1964 conviction in an obscenity trial was followed by a posthumous pardon in 2003.
