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Lenny Bruce: Rare Bruce letter to a longtime Chicago journalist

Rare Bruce letter to a longtime Chicago journalist

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Rare Bruce letter to a longtime Chicago journalist

TLS signed in pencil “L,” one page, 5.5 x 8.5, no date. Letter to ‘Kup,’ Chicago newspaper columnist Irv Kupcinet, in full: “I’m so fa tummeled, I forget if I thanked you or not. I was writing you in the Mary Land and a pretty girl took the leter [sic]. Anyway you are hip in as much as you dig that any schtick I do or did on the show is for affect, I love you for ferschtaying on the Emmis.” In fine condition, with a light block of toning. Pre-certified PSA/DNA.

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