Lenny Bruce: 60 Years On

On August 3, 1966, stand-up comedian, social critic, satirist, and philosopher Lenny Bruce (October 13, 1925-August 3, 1966] was found dead at age 40 inside his Hollywood Hills home from an acute overdose of morphine. His residence was on my route to The Preview House on Sunset Blvd. in Hollywood where I distributed admission tickets and sold newspapers. Many folks in the neighborhood were saddened when reports of his death first broke on television screens. Nearly sixty years ago on August 21, 1966, over 500 mourners paid their last respects at Eden Memorial Park Cemetery in Mission Hills, […] The post Lenny Bruce: 60 Years On first appeared on Music Connection Magazine.