Trivia

Information about his death was mentioned in Paul Simon and Art Garfunkel's song "7 O'Clock News / Silent Night". He is also mentioned in the lyrics of the Genesis song "Broadway Melody of 1974" from their album "The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway" and R.E.M.'s hit song "It's the End of the World As We Know It (And I Feel Fine)". Bob Dylan wrote a song about him, entitled "Lenny Bruce", which is the fourth track on his 1981 album "Shot of Love".

As a major supporting character in the EMMY-winning TV series La fabuleuse Mme Maisel (2017), he is portrayed by Canadian actor Luke Kirby.

On December 23, 2003, New York Gov. George Pataki granted him a posthumous pardon, a first in New York state history, for an obscenity charge filed after a particularly raunchy performance in 1964 at "Cafe Au Go Go" in New York City's Greenwich Village during which he was said to have used more than 100 obscene words.

He is given a respectful thank-you in the credits to George Carlin's "Class Clown" album, under his real name, Leonard Schneider.

He appears on the sleeve artwork of the album "Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band" by The Beatles (released in 1967). He is also one of several famous and tragic figures from history to be featured on the sleeve artwork of the album "Clutching at Straws" by rock band Marillion (released in 1987).

He was #3 in Comedy Central's 100 Greatest Stand-ups of All Time.

Is portrayed by Dustin Hoffman in Lenny (1974), the film version of the Broadway play of same name that earned Cliff Gorman a Tony Award as Best Actor in the role of Lenny Bruce. Gorman later played a Lenny type of character in Que le spectacle commence... (1979).

He is portrayed by Luke Kirby in the TV show, La fabuleuse Mme Maisel (2017), playing a close friend of the titular character, Midge Maisel (played by Rachel Brosnahan).

He was the father of Kitty Bruce and the son of Sally Marr.

Biography in: "Who's Who in Comedy", by Ronald L. Smith, pg. 69-72. New York: Facts on File, 1992. ISBN 0816023387

Had an intimate relationship with Annie Ross.

He was born at 11:24am-EST.