Bio
- Lived in the Brooklyn Hebrew Orphan Asylum with his siblings as a child.
- Was a champion amateur boxer.
- Gained fame performing his act at the famous hungry i club in San Francisco.
- Claims he talked his way out of military service by convincing authorities he was homosexual.
- Scored his breakthrough on radio with appearances on Edgar Bergen's show.
- Regularly panhandled and gave his take to children's charities in Cuba.
- Was a public supporter of numerous leftist political causes.
Irwin CoreyJuly 29, 1914 - February 6, 2017 (aged 102)Brooklyn, New York, USA
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Bio
- Lived in the Brooklyn Hebrew Orphan Asylum with his siblings as a child.
- Was a champion amateur boxer.
- Gained fame performing his act at the famous hungry i club in San Francisco.
- Claims he talked his way out of military service by convincing authorities he was homosexual.
- Scored his breakthrough on radio with appearances on Edgar Bergen's show.
- Regularly panhandled and gave his take to children's charities in Cuba.
- Was a public supporter of numerous leftist political causes.
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