Chicago native Shecky Greene, legendary standup comic, lord of Las Vegas, dies at 97
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Shecky Greene, the gifted comic and master improviser who became the consummate Las Vegas lounge headliner and was revered by his peers and live audiences as one of the greatest standup acts of his generation, has died. He was 97.