Lenny Bruce

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title: Lenny Bruce
text: 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 which contained satire, politics, religion, sex, and vulgarity. His 1964 conviction in an obscenity trial was followed by a posthumous pardon in 2003. Bruce paved the way for counterculture-era comedians. His trial for obscenity was a landmark of freedom of speech in the United States. In 20
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description: American comedian and social critic (1925–1966)
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date created: 2002-04-21T21:55:10Z
date modified: 2024-08-29T19:13:33Z
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