# Shecky Greene has died

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shecky-greene-has-died/995423>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Tags:** celebrity-death, comedian-jokes\
**Created:** [December 31, 2023, 9:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shecky-greene-has-died/995423 "2023-12-31T21:50:58Z")\
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**Author:** ![mbh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a6a055/32.png) [@mbh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mbh)\
**Post date:** [January 2, 2024, 6:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shecky-greene-has-died/995423/21 "2024-01-02T18:54:43Z")

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I’ve never seen him perform, but I have heard about him all my life.

And he inspired cartoonist Frank Cho to create a Tarzan parody named Shecky the Jungle King.

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