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(1945-2021) Comedian, author. Richie Tienken was born in Manhattan, New York, and died in Ridgewood, New Jersey.

Full Name

Richie Tienken

Locations

New York

Author's Timeline

1945

BIRTH

Richard John Tienken was born in Manhattan, New York, on June 11, 1945.

1975

OTHER

Mr. Tienken had owned several bars in the Bronx, New York, in the mid-1970s.

1976

OTHER

Mr. Tienken was a founder of the Manhattan comedy club the Comic Strip which opened in 1976.

2012

LITWORK

Make 'Em Laugh: 35 Years of the Comic Strip, the Greatest Comedy Club of All Time
Skyhorse
1620870746 / 978-1620870747
Memoir written with Jeffrey Gurian.

2021

DEATH

Richie Tienken died in Ridgewood, New Jersey, on February 27, 2021.

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