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WHY DID LENNY BRUCE DIE?
Capitol KAO-2630, 1966
LP rip (128 kbps mono) by Dick Baker, January 2015
Side One: The Rise
Side Two: The Fall
Why did Lenny Bruce Die?
. . . by his own hand, certainly. But why? Why did this controversial man--despised,
loved, persecuted, admired--at the age of forty kill the very life and freedom he had
fought for?
Photojournalist Lawrence Schiller asks these questions of those who now can be
completely frank about Lenny Bruce--the man they say they knew so well.
The headlines are gone, and so are the sordid courtroom scenes that plagued his
last years. Nothing can hurt him now. All can speak freely, and here they do. But
most important of all are Bruce's own words. Chosen carefully from 217 hours of
tapes, they disclose much of the truth about this enigma. The rest is told, honestly
and openly, by:
DR. JOEL FORT
Director of the San Francisco Health Department Center for Social Problems, and former
United Nations Consultant on Drug Abuse.
ARTHUR SCHAFFER
San Francisco Deputy District Attorney and prosecutor in Bruce's first obscenity
trial, who learned much about Bruce's motives.
MEMBERS OF BRUCE'S OWN FAMILY
including his mother, Sally Marr, and his daughter Kitty.
JO JO D'AMORE
His long-time friend and road manager.
PAUL KRASSNER
Editor of The Realist and Bruce's autobiography, who was a close friend.
SUE HOROWITZ
Bruce's last secretary.
JOHN JUDNICH
The young sound technician who lived with Lenny for the last three years and
discovered his body.
TIM HARDIN
Singer and recent friend.
VITO PAULEKAS
Prominent sculptor and confidant of Lenny Bruce.
PROBE . . sound where there has been silence
A bold new series of documentary albums that explores vital issues in the search for
truth.
Here's Lenny Bruce in perspective . . . Live performances and commentary that help to
explain what he did and why he died!
Here's Lenny Bruce in perspective . . . King of the sick comedians . . . purveyer of
filth and obscenity . . . drug addict--so say his critics!
Here's Lenny Bruce in perspective . . . Social critic and man with a cause--so say his
contemporaries, friends and family, who attempt to explain why he lived and why he
died!
Here, possibly for the first time, is . . . LENNY BRUCE IN PERSPECTIVE!
Interviews and Recordings by Lawrence Schiller and Lionel Olay
Narration written by Richard Warren Lewis
Edited and Produced by LAWRENCE SCHILLER
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