Jackie is thought to have been hospitalised two weeks ago.The rabbi-turned-comedian became known for his amused outrage on stage, and hilarious social commentary. “80 per cent of married men cheat in America.The rest cheat in Europe,” he once quipped.Another of his famous lines was: "Politics doesn’t make strange bedfellows, marriage does."Jackie started out in show business as a social director at a resort in the Catskills, in southeastern New York State.After quickly becoming a big hit in the mountains, he got his brig break thanks to Steve Allen’s weekly television variety show.His wit also took him to Broadway, where he put on several one-man shows.These included Freshly Squeezed in 2005, Love Thy Neighbor in 1996 and The World.
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