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Famed Borscht Belt comedian Jackie Mason, who rose from a modest childhood on the Lower East Side to become one of the most famous funnymen of all time, has died. He was 93.
Mason died at Mount Sinai Hospital in Manhattan Saturday, with his wife Jyll and a few friends by his side, longtime pal and lawyer Raoul Felder told The Post.
There will be a small, private funeral service Sunday in New York, said Felder, who declined to name the location. A larger, public memorial service is expected at a later date, the lawyer noted.
By MARK KENNEDY AP Entertainment Writer
NEW YORK (AP) â 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 6 p.m. ET at Mt. Sinai Hospital in Manhattan after being hospitalized for over two weeks, the celebrity lawyer Raul Felder told The Associated Press.
The irascible Mason was known for his sharp wit and piercing social commentary, often about the differences between Jews and gentiles, 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.
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Actor/comedian Jackie Mason, a rabbi-turned-jokester, has died. He was 93. Here s a look at his career in photos.
Actor/comedian Jackie Mason stands beside a bus displaying a sign advertising his TV show in 1992. Mason, a rabbi-turned-jokester whose feisty brand of standup comedy got laughs from nightclubs in the Catskills to West Coast talk shows and Broadway stages, has died. He was 93. Mason died Saturday in Manhattan, the celebrity lawyer Raul Felder told The New York Times. (AP Photo/File)
In this Feb. 4, 1991, file photo, Liza Minnelli chats with comic Jackie Mason during a visit backstage at the Neil Simon Theater in New York. Minnelli had dropped by to congratulate Mason on his new Broadway show, Brand New. (AP Photo/Michael Simon)