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Comic Shelley Berman Dies At 92

Comedian Shelley Berman has died. According to his publicist, Glenn Schwartz, Berman died early Friday morning at his home in Bell Canyon, Calif. He was 92 and had Alzheimer's disease.

Along with Bob Newhart and Lenny Bruce, Shelley Berman helped change the tone and tenor

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