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1. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › David_FryeDavid Frye - Wikipedia

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   David Shapiro (November 21, 1933 – January 24, 2011) was an American comedian, specializing in comic imitations of famous political figures, most of whom were based on notable Americans, including former U.S. Presidents Lyndon B. Johnson and Richard Nixon, Vice Presidents Hubert Humphrey, Spiro Agnew, and Nelson Rockefeller, and Senator Bobby ...

2. www.vulture.com › 2015 › 12I Am the President: The Rise and Fall of David Frye - Vulture

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   Dec 8, 2015 · From there, though, the TV guest spots kept coming: Dean Martin, the Smothers Brothers, the Lennon Sisters, Steve Allen, Joey Bishop, Tom Jones. They all booked David Frye, some of them...

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3. www.washingtonpost.com › obituaries › david_fryeComic impressionist used Nixon as object of his satire

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   Jan 30, 2011 · David Frye, who became one of the country's most popular comic satirists with his realistic and caustic impressions of President Richard M. Nixon and other political figures, died Jan. 24 in Las...

4. www.nytimes.com › 2011/01/29 › artsDavid Frye, Perfectly Clear Nixon Parodist, Is Dead at 77 ...

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   Jan 29, 2011 · At the Village Gate, where he was filling in for a regular in early 1966, talent scouts saw his Bobby Kennedy imitation and booked him on “The Merv Griffin Show.” Soon he was appearing on “The...

5. www.discogs.com › master › 531707-David-Frye-I-AmDavid Frye - I Am The President | Releases - Discogs

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   LP, Album, Stereo. Explore the tracklist, credits, statistics, and more for I Am The President by David Frye. Compare versions and buy on Discogs.

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6. www.twincities.com › 2011/01/28 › comedian-davidComedian David Frye, known for impressions – Twin Cities

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   Jan 28, 2011 · His William F. Buckley Jr., all darting tongue and wildly searching eyes, was stellar, but he also worked up dead-on impressions of George Wallace, Howard Cosell and a long list of film...

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   Who was David Frye?

   • David Frye, whose wicked send-ups of political figures like Lyndon B. Johnson, Hubert H. Humphrey and, above all, Richard M. Nixon, made him one of the most popular comedians in the United States in the late 1960s and early 1970s, died on Monday in Las Vegas, where he lived. He was 77.

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   Did David Frye ever get famous?

   • He recorded the comedy albums “David Frye Presents the Great Debate” (1980) and “Clinton: An Oral History” (1998). But he never enjoyed anything approaching the fame that the Johnson and Nixon years had given him. He could see the end quite clearly.

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   Did Frye key off Nixon's catchphrases?

   • Frye often keyed off President Nixon's own catchphrases ("Let me make one thing perfectly clear", or Kennedy's ("Let me say this about that".)

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   What did David Frye look like before he became president?

   • Even in those early days, though, before he morphed into America’s weirdest, saddest president for a living, David Frye was an unlikely candidate for mega-stardom. He was short (5’4”) and pudgy and wore his dark hair practically lacquered to his skull. His nose was long and bulbous, and his intense eyes were ringed with dark circles.

   I Am the President: The Rise and Fall of David Frye - Vulture

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   Are Richard Nixon and David Frye synonymous?

   • In the minds of the public, Richard Nixon and David Frye had unfairly become synonymous. When we were done with the former, we were done with the latter, too. David last appeared on The Tonight Show in October 1974, two months after Nixon’s resignation. After that, he was gone for good from late night television.

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   How did David Frye die?

   • David Frye died of cardiopulmonary arrest in Las Vegas on January 24, 2011. A lifelong bachelor, Frye was survived only by his sister, Ruth. A sympathetic New York Times obituary dug up a quote Frye had given to Time back in 1974: “It’s a weird feeling, knowing that you can lose the guts of your act at any time.”

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8. www.youtube.com › watchDavid Frye -- Laugh Tracks Legends of Comedy - YouTube

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   Aug 2, 2022 · OK, actually meet David Frye -- widely acclaimed as the best Nixon impersonator ever -- who rode his brilliant impression to a series of hit albums in the 1970s. Frye was a struggling ...

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