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Jackie Mason, Borscht Belt Stand-Up Comedian, Dies at 93
Comic known for his Yiddish and irreverent humor was a Tony and Emmy winner
Brian Welk | July 24, 2021 @ 6:06 PM
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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 passes away at 93 after an unparalleled career as a borscht belt comic whose standup career took him from the Catskills to Broadway
The former rabbi was born to immigrants from Belarus, growing up on Manhattan s famed Lower East Side in the 1930s
Mason got his start as a comic in the resorts of the Catskills in the 1950s, deciding to leave rabbinical pursuits behind after the death of his father in 1959
His career took off for the first time in the early 1960s, landing him on top TV shows like The Ed Sullivan Show
After a massive misunderstanding between Sullivan and Mason in 1964, his career hit a major slump
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.