{"id":63688,"date":"2023-12-31T18:08:34","date_gmt":"2023-12-31T23:08:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/?p=63688"},"modified":"2023-12-31T18:08:34","modified_gmt":"2023-12-31T23:08:34","slug":"shecky-greene-legendary-las-vegas-headliner-dies-at-97","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/2023\/12\/31\/shecky-greene-legendary-las-vegas-headliner-dies-at-97\/","title":{"rendered":"Shecky Greene, Legendary Las Vegas Headliner, Dies at 97"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_63689\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-63689\" style=\"width: 565px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-63689 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Shecky-Greene-Hollywood-Palace.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"565\" height=\"321\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Shecky-Greene-Hollywood-Palace.webp 565w, https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Shecky-Greene-Hollywood-Palace-300x170.webp 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 565px) 100vw, 565px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-63689\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Shecky Greene On &#8220;Hollywood Palace&#8221; 1964<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Shecky Greene died early Sunday at his home in Las Vegas due to natural causes, his wife of 41 years, Marie Musso Greene, told the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reviewjournal.com\/entertainment\/entertainment-columns\/kats\/comic-legend-shecky-greene-dies-at-97-2973752\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Las Vegas Review-Journal<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>A beloved Las Vegas headliner for nearly six decades, Greene had entertained the masses since 1947 with stand-up shows and thousands of TV appearances.<\/p><div id=\"morty-3198580449\" class=\"morty-content\"><script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-4937602850188786\" crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script><ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display:block; text-align:center;\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-4937602850188786\" \ndata-ad-slot=\"5227734695\" \ndata-ad-layout=\"in-article\"\ndata-ad-format=\"fluid\" data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\n<script> \n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); \n<\/script>\n<\/div>\n<p>He also famously opened for Frank Sinatra at the original Fontainebleau in Miami Beach and frequently guest-hosted for Johnny Carson on \u201c<em>The Tonight Show<\/em>.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Shecky_Greene\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read More About Shecky Greene<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Shecky Greene died early Sunday at his home in Las Vegas due to natural causes, his wife of 41 years, Marie Musso Greene, told the Las Vegas Review-Journal. 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