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Kaufman died of lung cancer on May 16, 1984, at the age of 35. [7] ... ISBN 1930410018., the script for a one-man play Kaufman did in college; Kaufman, Andy (2000).
Cartoon of the Clifton character. Tony Clifton is a character created by comedian and performance artist Andy Kaufman in the late 1970s. An absurdly foul-mouthed and domineering lounge singer claiming to hail from Las Vegas, the tuxedo-clad Clifton often led unsuspecting audiences through awkward yet elaborate lounge singer performances.
Kaufman and Lawler kept claiming that their hatred and actions were real, but they were later revealed to have been a staged "work", as the two were actually friends. The truth about it being a work was kept secret for more than 10 years after Kaufman's death until the Emmy nominated documentary A Comedy Salute to Andy Kaufman aired on NBC in
“Thank You Very Much” makes a similar case for Andy Kaufman, but by stitching every moment of his career into a single vision (he was a showbiz innocent turned entertainment-state guerrilla ...
Andy Kaufman (1949-1984) A performance artist who referred to himself more as a “song and dance man” than a traditional comic, ... He died a year and a half later, on May 16, 1984, at the age ...
A friend of Andy Kaufman claims the iconic comedian is still alive. Kaufman's writing partner, Bob Zmuda says 35-year-old Kaufman faked his own death in 1984 and will be returning sometime in the ...
A 1989 episode of Unsolved Mysteries featured a police officer whose mother claimed to have been cured by psychic surgery, only to die shortly thereafter; her autopsy revealed several tumors. The policeman described himself going undercover to feign illness and pretended to desire psychic surgery, having the feeling of the practitioner using ...
Andy Kaufman gets voted off SNL (1982) By the time the eccentric comedian Andy Kaufman showed up to Studio 8H in November 1982, ... Kaufman died the following year without ever being asked back.