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First Name

Andy

Last Name

Kaufman

Date of Birth

17 January 1949

Height

Place of Birth

New York, New York

Star Sign

Capricorn

Date of Death

16 May 1984

Place of Death

Los Angeles, California

Cause of Death

Lung Cancer

Claim to Fame

Taxi

Gender

Male

Build

Average

Hair Color

Black

Ethnicity

White

Religion

Jewish

Middle Name

Geoffrey

Eye Color

Brown - Dark

Nationality

American

Wikipedia Text

Andrew Geoffrey "Andy" Kaufman (January 17, 1949 � May 16, 1984) was an American entertainer, actor and performance artist. While often referred to as a comedian, Kaufman did not consider himself one. He disdained telling jokes and engaging in comedy as it was traditionally understood, referring to himself instead as a "song-and-dance man". Elaborate hoaxes and pranks were major elements of his career.

Role ID

Actor/Actress, Soundtrack, Writer

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Andrew Geoffrey Kaufman was an American entertainer, actor and performance artist. While often referred to as a comedian, Kaufman did not consider himself one. He disdained telling jokes and engaging in comedy as it was traditionally understood, referring to himself instead as a "song and dance man." Kaufman was born in New York City, on January 17, 1949, the first son of Janice (n�e Bernstein) and Stanley Kaufman. He grew up in a middle-class Jewish family, in Great Neck, Long Island, New York, and began performing at age nine. He attended the now defunct two-year Grahm Junior College, in Boston, graduating in 1971. He then began performing stand-up comedy at various small clubs along the East Coast. At Thanksgiving dinner in 1983, several family members grew concerned over Kaufman`s persistent coughing for the past month. Kaufman consulted a physician and was initially diagnosed with a rare type of lung cancer in December 1983. Despite his doctor`s diagnosis that there was no hope for recovery, he was committed to fighting the disease until his death. After audiences were shocked by his gaunt appearance during his performances in January 1984, Kaufman acknowledged having an unspecified illness, which he hoped to cure with "natural medicine" including an all-fruit and vegetables diet, among other measures. Kaufman received palliative radiotherapy, but by then the cancer had rapidly spread from his lungs to his brain. His last resort, a search for successful medical therapy, was "psychic surgery," performed in Baguio, Philippines, in March 1984. Kaufman died in Los Angeles on May 16, 1984 of kidney failure, caused by metastasized large cell carcinoma, and was interred in the Beth David Cemetery in Elmont, New York (Long Island). He was 35 years old. Kaufman was survived by his daughter, Maria Colonna, who was born in 1969 out of wedlock with a High School girlfriend of Andy`s, but was later placed up for adoption . Colonna learned in 1992 that she was the daughter of Andy Kaufman, when she traced her biological parentage.

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University

Grahm Junior College

Full Name at Birth

Andrew Geoffrey Kaufman

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