Lenny Bruce raided a Bruce performance. By others: Lenny Bruce Leonard Alfred Schneider (October 13, 1925 – August 3, 1966), better known by his stage name Lenny Bruce, was an American stand-up comedian, social critic, and satirist. He was renowned for his open, free-style and critical form of comedy which integrated satire, politics, religion, sex, and vulgarity. His 1964 conviction in an obscenity trial was followed by a posthumous pardon, the first in the history of New York state, by then-Governor George Pataki in 2003. Bruce is renowned for paving the way for future outspoken counterculture-era comedians, and his trial for obscenity
Leonard Freeman scripts for the syndicated "Men of Annapolis". Freeman died in 1974 during the sixth season of "Hawaii Five-O" from complications of heart surgery. Leonard Freeman Leonard Freeman (October 31, 1920 – January 20, 1974) was an American television writer and producer who is best remembered as the creator of the CBS series "Hawaii Five-O" in 1968. The show was remade in 2010. He appeared in a 1953 episode (#112) of the TV series, "The Lone Ranger". "Hawaii Five-O" ran for twelve seasons, at the time a record for a crime drama. In 1960, he wrote for the series "Route 66";