Greazy Will
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But then Lenny Bruce does die, doesn't he?
You don't have a long life expectancy as a Lenny Bruce type.
On August 3rd, 1966, Lenny was found on the floor of his bathroom with his pants around his ankles and a needle stuck in his arm.
That's how that goes, right?
He died of an overdose.
He died of an overdose on the toilet, which is very Elvis and sad.
Very Lenny Bruce, yeah.
Very Lenny Bruce.
Yeah, Lenny Bruce was the original.
Lenny Bruce the OG dying on the toilet.
So Phil was devastated to lose his friend.
He's so sad about this.
And again, mopes around the house for days, you know.
But a few days later, a cop shows up at his... I think it was his lawyer's house.
It was either his friend or a lawyer.
But a cop shows up and says, Hey, I got...
I got these pictures of Lenny Bruce from the crime scene.
Either you buy them or I'm selling them to the tabloids, right?
And so Phil spent 5K of his own money.
He purchased them, spent $5,000 of his own money, which at that time is like a house.