David Brenner family, wife, children, parents, siblings

American stand-up comedian, actor, and author David Norris Brenner passed away on March 15, 2014. He was born on February 4, 1936.

His friend, comedian Richard Lewis, called Brenner “the king of hip, observational humor,” and he was the most frequent guest on The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson in the 1970s and 1980s.

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David Brenner’s Wife

In the last moments of David Brenner: Back with a Vengeance!, Brenner wed Elizabeth Slater of New York, the mother of his kids Slade and Wyatt. HBO Special shot on February 19, 2000, in Las Vegas

David Brenner’s  Children

The three kids Brenner had were Wyatt, Slade, and Cole. He fought for years over custody of Cole, his first son, with Cole’s mother.

David Brenner’s  Parents

Brenner was raised in South and West Philadelphia after being born to Jewish parents in 1936. Under the stage name Lou Murphy, his father Louis was a vaudeville comedian, singer, and dancer who gave up his career and a film contract to appease Brenner’s grandfather, a Jew, who opposed to him working on the Sabbath.

David Brenner’s  Siblings

About his siblings, nothing is known. Whether we think so or not, there may be siblings whose information has not been made public.

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