What is Shecky Greene?
{{Infobox person | image =Shecky Greene in The Love Machine 1971 (cropped).jpg | image_size = | name = Shecky Greene | caption = Greene in ''The Love Machine'' 1971 | birthname = Fred Sheldon Greenfield | birth_date = {{Birth date|1926|04|8}} | birth_place = [[Chicago]], [[Illinois]], U.S. | death_date = {{death date and age|2023|12|31|1926|4|8}} | death_place = [[Las Vegas, Nevada]], U.S. | education = [[Wilbur Wright College]] | years_active = 1954–2023 | occupation = Comedian | spouse = {{marriage|Nalani Kele|1972|1982|reason=divorced}}<br>{{marriage|Marie Musso|1985|}} }} '''Shecky Greene''' (born '''Fred Sheldon Greenfield'''; April 8, 1926 &ndash; December 31, 2023)<ref>[https://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/judaica/ejud_0002_0008_0_07858.html Profile], JewishVirtualLibrary.org; accessed April 7, 2016.</ref> was an American comedian. He was known for his nightclub performances in [[Las Vegas, Nevada|Las Vegas]], where he became a headliner in the 1950s.<ref>{{cite web|title=Legend Shecky Greene Returns to Las Vegas|url=http://www.lasvegasnow.com/news/legend-shecky-greene-returns-to-las-vegas/78122248|publisher=Nexstar Broadcasting, Inc.|access-date=2017-03-27|archive-date=2017-03-28|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170328021514/http://www.lasvegasnow.com/news/legend-shecky-greene-returns-to-las-vegas/78122248|url-status=dead}}</ref> Greene appeared in several movies, including ''[[Tony Rome]]'', ''[[History of the World, Part I]]'' and ''[[Splash (movie)|Splash]]'', and has guest starred on such television shows as ''[[Mad About You]]'', ''[[Laverne & Shirley]]'', ''[[Love, American Style]]'', and ''[[Combat!]]''. Greene died at his home in Las Vegas on [[New Year's Eve]] 2023, at the age of 97.<ref>{{cite news|url = https://www.reviewjournal.com/entertainment/entertainment-columns/kats/comic-legend-shecky-greene-dies-at-97-2973752/|title = Comic legend Shecky Greene dies at 97|last = Katsilometes|first = John|date = December 31, 2023|accessdate = December 31, 20