Jackie Mason, who died here Saturday at 93, was one of the last survivors of the Borscht Belt comedy circuit. The death of a 13-year-old girl who attended a Jewish summer camp upstate has “stunned ...
Jackie Mason holds up a copy of his comedy album The World According to Me at the Carnegie Deli in 1987. Photo: Robert R. McElroy/Getty Images Jackie Mason was born Yacov Moshe Maza on June 9, 1928.
Jackie Mason’s career was an illustration of the value of believing in a product despite others’ doubts and finding, through trial and error, an effective way to market it. The product was Mr. Mason’s ...