Former wife of comedian Lenny Bruce has died [View All]

[The Sushi Bandit]

http://newsfromrussia.com/culture/2005/09/17/63095.html

Honey Bruce Friedman, the former wife of comedian Lenny Bruce who successfully lobbied to clear her husband's 40-year-old obscenity conviction, has died. She was 78.

Friedman died Monday after a long illness at a hospital near her home in Honolulu, Hawaii, family friend Jeff Abraham said from his Santa Monica office on Friday. Born Harriett Jolliff in Manila, Arkansas, Friedman later changed her name to Honey Harlow. She married Bruce _ a pioneering stand-up comedian _ in June 1951 and they had a daughter, Kitty, who was born four years later. The couple split in 1957.

During a 1964 performance in New York City's Greenwich Village attended by undercover police detectives, Bruce used more than 100 obscene words. Bruce was charged with giving an obscene performance and was later convicted following a six-month trial. Hr died of a drug overdose in 1966 at age 37.


Rest in Peace Honey!