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"Professor" Irwin Corey (July 29, 1914 – February 6, 2017) was an American stand-up comic, film actor and activist, often billed as "The World's Foremost Authority". He introduced his unscripted, improvisational style of stand-up comedy at the San Francisco club the hungry i .
Irwin Corey. Actor: The Curse of the Jade Scorpion. Professor Irwin Corey, "The World's Foremost Authority," was born on July 29, 1914, in Brooklyn, New York.
Feb 7, 2017 · Irwin Corey, the cunningly befuddled comedian who spent more than 70 years perfecting his portrayal of “the world’s foremost authority,” died on Monday at his home in Manhattan. He was 102. His...
Feb 7, 2017 · Comedian and actor Irwin Corey, for whom the word "however" was the perfect opening line, has died at age 102. With an impish grin and wild hair, Corey was a nightclub and talk-show fixture who...
Feb 7, 2017 · “Professor” Irwin Corey, the wild-haired comic who billed himself as “The World’s Foremost Authority” and proceeded to amuse and confuse his audiences with his patented stream of...
Irwin Corey. Actor: The Curse of the Jade Scorpion. Professor Irwin Corey, "The World's Foremost Authority," was born on July 29, 1914, in Brooklyn, New York.
NEW YORK (AP) — Irwin Corey, the wild-haired comedian and actor known for his improvisational riffs and nonsensical style who billed himself as "The World's Foremost Authority," died Monday at his home in Manhattan, according to his son, Richard. He was 102. Corey's dizzying mix of mock-intellectual circumlocutions, earnest political tirades and slapstick one-liners made Corey the king of comedic confusion and earned him the nickname "professor." "Did you hear about the guy who went to the ...
