Jeff Abraham

Jeff Abraham is an American publicist, comedy historian and author. His book,The Show Won’t Go On: The Most Shocking, Bizarre, and Historic Deaths of Performers Onstage, was written with Burt Kearns, and published September 3, 2019 by Chicago Review Press .[1][2][3]

Career

As a publicist, Abraham has represented many comedy projects and comedians, including George Carlin[4] and David Brenner [5]. He has been a research consultant to authors [6] and documentarians,[7] and his Abraham Comedy Archives, a voluminous comedy album collection, has been a resource to writers and filmmakers alike.[8]

Abraham is on the advisory board of the National Comedy Center.[9]

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References
  1. Nast, Condé. "Killer Set: The Strange History of Performers Dying Onstage". Vanity Fair.
  2. "'Show Won't Go On': Book Compiles Performers Who Died Onstage". NPR.org.
  3. Chilton, Martin (September 10, 2019). "He's dying up there: the macabre, surprisingly funny history of onstage deaths". www.telegraph.co.uk.
  4. https://www.tulsaworld.com/archive/comedian-george-carlin-dies/article_9eab57db-c8be-5f6a-9536-5472dd07efb9.html
  5. https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/david-brenner-dead-stand-up-688854
  6. https://books.google.com/books?id=xtCmCAAAQBAJ&pg=PA226&lpg=PA226&dq=jeff+abraham+paley+center+for+media&source=bl&ots=j62HwjLHNQ&sig=ACfU3U38IO6Lol8d3c_m22RMhyqIK719vA&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjWgdCQ1uflAhXvHzQIHUIlDNwQ6AEwA3oECAkQAQ#v=onepage&q=jeff%20abraham&f=false
  7. https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1781066/
  8. https://theinterrobang.com/the-abraham-comedy-archive-mr-comedy-jeff-abraham-has-5000-comedy-records-and-counting/
  9. https://comedycenter.org/advisory-board/



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