| LC control no. | n 83022295 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Mason, Jackie |
| Variant(s) | Maza, Yacov Moshe |
| Birth date | 1930 1928-06-09 |
| Death date | 2021-07-24 |
| Place of birth | Sheboygan (Wis.) |
| Place of death | New York (N.Y.) |
| Field of activity | Comedy Judaism |
| Profession or occupation | Comedians Rabbis |
| Found in | His I'm the greatest comedian in the world only nobody knows ... [Phonodisc] 1962. His Jackie Mason's America, 1983: CIP t.p. (Jackie Mason) CIP data sheet (b. 1930) Washington post WWW site, viewed July 28, 2021 (in obituary dated July 24, 2021: Jackie Mason; didn't become a stand-up comedian until he was about 30, after giving up his original name, Yacov Maza, and his original profession as a rabbi. He was in his 50s--his exact age was always a matter of conjecture--when he became a sensation with the 1986 Broadway debut of his one-man show, "Jackie Mason's The World According to Me!" Mr. Mason died July 24 in Manhattan. He was 93. Mr. Mason was born Yacov Moshe Maza in Sheboygan, Wis., on June 9, 1928. (His date of birth was confirmed by lawyer Raoul Felder, a longtime friend, and census records.) He graduated from the City College of New York, and studied for the rabbinate at Yeshiva University in New York and was ordained by his mid-20s. He led congregations in Latrobe, Pa., and Weldon, N.C., often joking during his sermons before realizing his true calling was on the comedy circuit) |
| Associated language | eng |
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