On this day, August 3, 1966, Lenny Bruce was found dead in his Los Angeles home.

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In 1966, comedian Lenny Bruce, whose raunchy brand of satire and dark humor landed him in trouble with the law, was found dead in his Los Angeles home; he was

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In 1966, comedian Lenny Bruce, whose raunchy brand of satire and dark humor landed him in trouble with the law, was found dead in his Los Angeles home; he was

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Thu Aug 3, 2017: August 3, 1966

Lenny Bruce, Uninhibited Comic, Found Dead in Hollywood Home

Special to THE NEW YORK TIMES

Hollywood, Aug. 3 (AP)--Lenny Bruce, the controversial nightclub comedian whose acts were sprinkled with four-letter words and pungent social satire, died tonight in his home on Hollywood Boulevard. He was 40 years old.

The police said narcotics paraphernalia were found near his half-clad body, and the coroner's office listed an overdose of narcotics as probable cause of death. An autopsy will be performed tomorrow.

Mr. Bruce's real name was Leonard Alfred Schneider and he was born in Mineola, L. I. His parents were divorced when he was 5 years old, and he went to live with relatives. He entered the Navy at the age of 16, and was discharged in 1946. He then took on the various jobs that sustained him until he came to Hollywood to study acting under the G.I. Bill.

He landed his first job as a comic in a Brooklyn nightspot. In Baltimore he met and married Honey Harlow, a striptease dancer. They were divorced in 1957.

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1. He wasn't a comedian, he was Lenny Bruce. There are never enough "I love yous".