In the hit series “The Simpsons” he set the character of Rabbi Hyman Krustofski, the father of Krusty the clown, to music for more than 20 years. Now Jackie Mason has died at the age of 93.
The American comedian Jackie Mason, who was also known as the voter in the USA for the animated series “The Simpsons”, is dead.
According to the lawyer Raoul Felder, a longtime friend of the comedian, Mason died on Saturday in a New York hospital, as the “New York Times” and other US media coincidentally reported. He was 93 years old.
Mason, who grew up in Manhattan in an immigrant family from Belarus, initially followed family tradition and became a rabbi before embarking on a career as a comedian.
The Tony and Emmy Award winner became known through Broadway shows, film roles, and as a voice actor. He starred in films such as “The Stoolie”, “Wealth Is Not Shame”, “Mel Brooks – The Crazy History of the World” and “Caddyshack II”. From 1991 to 2014 he set the character of Rabbi Hyman Krustofski, the father of Krusty the Clown, to music in the hit series “The Simpsons”.
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