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Jackie Gleason

Jackie Gleason (February 26, 1916 - June 24, 1987) was a Brooklyn-born comedian famous for brash humor and fast ad-libs who immortalized his Brooklyn neighborhood in The Honeymooners, playing bus driver Ralph Cramden[?].

Jackie Gleason is interred in the Our Lady Of Mercy Cemetery, Miami Beach, Florida.

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