{"id":13048,"date":"2014-03-18T14:33:49","date_gmt":"2014-03-18T20:33:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/?p=13048"},"modified":"2014-03-18T14:33:49","modified_gmt":"2014-03-18T20:33:49","slug":"comedian-david-brenner-dies-of-cancer-at-78","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/comedian-david-brenner-dies-of-cancer-at-78\/","title":{"rendered":"Comedian David Brenner dies of cancer at 78"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>NEW YORK (JTA) &#8212; David Brenner, a longtime standup comedian whose observational humor is credited with inspiring many top comics, died Saturday.<\/p>\n<p>Brenner, a Philadelphia native, died at his home in New York City on Saturday after battling cancer. He was 78.<\/p>\n<p>A favorite of Johnny Carson, Brenner appeared on &#8220;The Tonight Show&#8221; more than 150 times &#8212; reported to be a record &#8212; starting in the 1970s. The former documentary filmmaker was a regular on TV talk shows and starred in four HBO specials.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDavid Brenner was a huge star when I met him and he took me under his wing,&#8221; comedian Richard Lewis said in a statement. &#8220;To me, historically, he was the godfather of hip, observational comedy. He mentored me from day one.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Lewis added, &#8220;His passing leaves a hole in my life that can never be replaced.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Several of his uncles became rabbis, but Brenner told the Philadelphia Jewish Voice in 2008 that &#8220;I never had the calling.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Brenner was performing his standup routine regularly as late as last year.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDavid was one of the most respected and liked comedians by his peers,&#8221; said Jeff Abraham, his friend and former publicist. &#8220;He was always there helping a bright young comedian, whether it be Richard Lewis, Freddie Prinze or Jimmie Walker, and he was still doing it until the very end.\u201d<\/p>\n<div style=\"padding-bottom:20px; padding-top:10px;\" class=\"hupso-share-buttons\"><!-- Hupso Share Buttons - https:\/\/www.hupso.com\/share\/ --><a class=\"hupso_toolbar\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hupso.com\/share\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-src=\"https:\/\/static.hupso.com\/share\/buttons\/share-medium.png\" style=\"border:0px; padding-top: 5px; float:left;\" alt=\"Share Button\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" class=\"lazyload\" \/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.hupso.com\/share\/buttons\/share-medium.png\" style=\"border:0px; padding-top: 5px; float:left;\" alt=\"Share Button\"\/><\/noscript><\/a><script type=\"text\/javascript\">var hupso_services_t=new Array(\"Twitter\",\"Facebook\",\"Google Plus\",\"Pinterest\",\"Linkedin\",\"Tumblr\",\"Email\");var hupso_background_t=\"#EAF4FF\";var hupso_border_t=\"#66CCFF\";var hupso_toolbar_size_t=\"medium\";var hupso_image_folder_url = \"\";var hupso_url_t=\"\";var hupso_title_t=\"Comedian%20David%20Brenner%20dies%20of%20cancer%20at%2078\";<\/script><script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/static.hupso.com\/share\/js\/share_toolbar.js\"><\/script><!-- Hupso Share Buttons --><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[82,5144,8790,8795,8788],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13048"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13048"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13048\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13049,"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13048\/revisions\/13049"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13048"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13048"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13048"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}