Posted on 12/31/2023 9:18:42 AM PST by Borges
Shecky Greene, an entertainment legend whose very name became synonymous with stand-up comedy, has died. He was 97.
Greene died at 3:21 a.m. Sunday at his home in Las Vegas of natural causes, confirmed by his wife of 41 years Marie Musso Green. Greene is also survived by his two adopted daughters Dorian Hoffman (Charlie Hoffman) of Boise, Idaho and Alison Greene of Vancouver, Washington; his sisters-in-law JoAnn Musso Sperry, Linda Galasso, nephew Michael Sperry and nieces Angel Galasso Hooper and Gina Dadian.
He was preceded in death by his first wife and mother of his children, Jeri Greene, and brothers Marvin Greenfield and Paul Greenfield. The entertainer was also married to Polynesian dancer Nalani Kele from 1972-‘82.
Marie Green said there would not be any celebration of life for Greene, according to the family’s wishes.
Asked Sunday morning what it was like to spend her life with Shecky Greene over more than four decades, Marie Greene saidy, “It was fun. He always made humor out of whatever he could. He made you laugh and feel good. It was a happy time.”
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His humor would have not been allowed today.
That was George Jessel’s line
That’s a name I haven’t heard in a very long time. Rest in peace Shecky, and thanks for the laughs.
It’s amazing how many of the great Jewish Comedians lived so long.
And I'm extremely happy that I had the opportunity to experience it, even if it means I'm old and decrepit.
A horse that ran the Kentucky Derby with Secretariat was named Shecky Greene.
Why does the article have to say “adopted” daughters?? If they were adopted, they were his daughters, period. :(
Cale Yarlborough also passed today. Will we get a Trifecta in today?
Amen to that.
I think it was impressionist John Byner who created a fictional Jewish comedian named “Jackie Shecky.”
That is the role that I remember best about him.
-PJ
Henry Youngman.
Well...thank God Slappy White is still with us!
That’s okay. He was a TV comic fixture in the 60’s and funny. No profanity, just good stand up refuned in the Catskills funny.
I thought it was Henny Youngman.
I remember Johnny Carson telling a Shecky Greene story once. Went like this:
There was the time, during his heavy drinking period, when he plowed his car into the fountain in front of Caesars Palace in Las Vegas, and while security guards surrounded him under towering plumes of water, he rolled down his window and said, “Hold the spray wax, please.”
Does anyone remember his joke about how Frank Sinatra saved his life?
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