Jackie Mason, Comic who Perfected Amused Outrage, Dies at 93
Jackie Mason, a rabbi-turned-comedian whose feisty brand of standup comedy led him to Catskills nightclubs, West Coast talk shows and Broadway stages, has died. He was 93.
Mason died Saturday at 6 p.m. ET at Mt. Sinai Hospital in Manhattan after being hospitalized for over two weeks, the celebrity lawyer Raul Felder told The Associated Press.
The irascible Mason was known for his sharp wit and piercing social commentary, often about the differences between Jews and gentiles, men and women and his own inadequacies. His typical style was amused outrage.
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Kalman Leib
Jackie was always very friendly when he walked by the Mitzvah Tank in Manhattan, I always spoke to him, he was very proud to be a Jew!
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Jackie Mason was born Yaakov Moshe Maza into a prestigious long rabbinic family.
He was a Kohen—his last name Maza is an acronym for M’zera Ahron HaKohen
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Such a loss.we need Moshiach now