Legendary stand-up comedian and Las Vegas headliner Shecky Greene has died. He was 97.
Inexperienced died Sunday morning at his residence in Las Vegas. His demise was confirmed to the Las Vegas Overview-Journal by his spouse, Miriam Musso Greene.
Born Fred Sheldon Greenfield, Greene was born and raised in Chicago, Illinois, and served within the U.S. Navy for 3 years throughout World Conflict II.
A number of years later, Greene obtained his begin as a nightclub performer within the Midwest, earlier than getting an everyday headlining gig in New Orleans for a number of years. He then traveled across the nation performing in Miami, Chicago and quite a few different venues earlier than settling in Las Vegas, with a five-year headlining stint on the Tropicana.
He remained a essential headline all through the Sixties and ’70s, and a Vegas stalwart all through most of his profession, performing his ultimate present in 2011.
All through his comedy profession, Greene additionally made quite a few movie and TV appearances, together with Tony Rome (1967), The Love Machine (1971), Historical past of the World, Half 1 (1981) and Splash (1984), amongst others.
Greene was additionally inducted into the Nationwide Comedy Corridor of Fame in March 2020, in a ceremony in Las Vegas.
The legendary stand-up is survived by his spouse, in addition to two daughters.
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