He couldn’t wait to abandon written jokes for the shared thrill of improv. Comedian Shecky Greene attends the Pacific Pioneer Broadcasters Lifetime Achievement Luncheon Nov. Those who saw Greene in his decades of comedy dominance on the Vegas Strip in the 1950s, ’60s and ’70s said that with a mic in his hand he could roam a room and work a crowd like no other. She said her husband of 41 years died of natural causes. His widow, Marie Musso Green, told the Las Vegas Review-Journal that her husband died early Sunday at their home. LOS ANGELES - Shecky Greene, the gifted comic and master improviser who became the consummate Las Vegas lounge headliner and was revered by his peers and live audiences as one of the greatest standup acts of his generation, has died.
