“As long as there is death, there is hope. The only thing that keeps me alive is the hope of dying young.”

[David Lefkowitz, https://www.playbill.com/article/stand-up-tragedy-brother-theodore-gottlieb-dead-at-94-com-95915, Stand-Up Tragedy: 'Brother' Theodore Gottlieb Dead at 94, Playbill, April 6, 2001, February 3, 2021]

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German-American monologuist and comedian 1906–2001

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