Judy Tenuta, the comedian and musician also known by her onstage persona “The Love Goddess,” passed away at the age of 72. She reportedly died from ovarian cancer according to her publicist Roger Neal. She was surrounded by family and loved ones in her Los Angeles home when she passed on Thursday afternoon.
Tenuta had a wholly unique act blending brash insult comedy inspired by the Borscht Belt greats as well as vaudeville acts, and had some incredible joke writing skills to back it all up. Early on in her career she began incorporating an accordion in the act as well, which gave her performance an even more surreal quality.
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Judy Lynn Tenuta was born in Oak Park, Illinois on November 7, 1949, a county very close to Chicago where she would later get her start in comedy. She was one of nine children and had an Irish-Catholic upbringing.
Tenuta had a wholly unique act blending brash insult comedy inspired by the Borscht Belt greats as well as vaudeville acts, and had some incredible joke writing skills to back it all up. Early on in her career she began incorporating an accordion in the act as well, which gave her performance an even more surreal quality.
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Judy Lynn Tenuta was born in Oak Park, Illinois on November 7, 1949, a county very close to Chicago where she would later get her start in comedy. She was one of nine children and had an Irish-Catholic upbringing.
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