David Brenner Dead at 78
Prominent stand-up comedian and regular guest of Johnny Carson’s on “The Tonight Show, David Brenner has died at the age of 78.
CelebNMusic247.com got word that earlier Saturday (Mar 15) that comedian David Brenner died of cancer in his New York City home surrounded by his family via spokesperson Jeff Abraham. Brenner was 78.
David Brenner, a prominent stand-up comedian and regular guest of Johnny Carson’s on “The Tonight Show,” died of cancer Saturday afternoon in his New York City home surrounded by his family, according to spokesperson Jeff Abraham. He was 78.
The ChicagoTribune chronicles Brenner’s early beginning and what brought him to fame:
Brenner’s career started after he decided to try comedy for a year and hortly before that year was up his agent brought the top booker for “The Tonight Show” to see Brenner in Greenwich Village.
“He saw me and what he said was ‘David Brenner does vomit material. Not only won’t he be on “Tonight Show,’ we won’t let him in the building at 30 Rockefeller.’”
That lit a fire under Brenner, who prepared a monologue better suited to Carson’s show and auditioned. He booked a gig, and his appearance elicited immediate requests for more. He appeared more than 150 times on “Tonight Show” as a guest and substitute host. And long before Chris Rock and Dennis Miller were getting HBO specials, Brenner had four of his own — even getting married on one. In 1987, he briefly hosted his own syndicated talk show.
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