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Gerson Merton Lenord Friedman (June 6, 1932 – November 12, 2022), known professionally as Budd Friedman, was an American actor and comedian, as well as the founder and original proprietor and MC of the Improvisation Comedy Club, which opened in 1963, on West 44th Street near the SE corner of 9th Avenue, in the Hell's Kitchen ...
Nov 16, 2022 · Budd Friedman, who revolutionized the world of stand-up comedy with his empire of Improv clubs, offering a launching pad for generations of joke tellers, including Richard Pryor, Lily...
Nov 13, 2022 · Budd Friedman, who earned the nickname the godfather of comedy by founding and expanding one of the most prominent comedy club franchises in the United States, has died. He was 90.
Nov 12, 2022 · Budd Friedman, the comedy club pioneer who founded the original Improv in New York in 1963 and gave early career breaks to the likes of Jay Leno, Robert Klein, Bette Midler, Richard Pryor and...
Nov 13, 2022 · Budd Friedman, the founder of The Improv comedy club, has died. Deadline confirmed his death with The Hollywood Improv. He was 90.
Budd Friedman was born on 6 June 1932 in Norwich, Connecticut, USA. He was an actor and producer, known for Funny People (2009), Man on the Moon (1999) and That's Adequate (1989). He was married to Alix and Silver Saunders Friedman. He died on 12 November 2022 in Los Angeles, California, USA.
Nov 13, 2022 · Budd Friedman, the Broadway producer who founded The Improv comedy club franchise and kickstarted careers, died of heart failure Saturday.
Nov 13, 2022 · Budd Friedman, founder and owner of the original Improvisation Comedy Club, better known as The Improv, died Saturday of heart failure. He was 90. Friedman opened The Improv in New York...
Nov 15, 2022 · Budd Friedman, who turned a dingy New York coffeehouse called the Improv into a vibrant showcase for stand-up comedy, helping to usher in the 1970s and ’80s comedy boom by showing that a club...
Nov 14, 2022 · Budd Friedman, a Broadway producer and founder of the iconic Improv Comedy Club franchise, has died. He was 90. Friedman died Saturday, Cesar Blancarte of Levity Live confirmed to USA...
