#Budd Friedman, Founder of the Improv, Dies at 90
Budd Friedman, Founder of the Improv, Dies at 90 Budd Friedman, the comedy club pioneer who founded the original Improv in New York in 1963 and gave early career breaks to the likes of Jay Leno, Robert Klein, Bette Midler, Richard Pryor and Andy Kaufman, has died. He was 90. Friedman died Saturday of heart…