What is Catie Lazarus?
{{Infobox person | name = Catie Lazarus | image = Catie Lazarus.jpg | caption = Lazarus in 2015 | birth_date = {{birth date|1976|4|26}} | birth_place = [[Washington, D.C.]], U.S. | death_date = {{death date and age|2020|12|13|1976|4|24}} | death_place = [[New York City]], U.S. | alma_mater = [[Wesleyan University]] | occupation = Writer, talk show host | relatives = [[Simon Lazarus]] (great-great-great-grandfather)<br>[[Charles Avnet]] (great-grandfather)<br>[[Jon Avnet]] (uncle) }} '''Catherine Simone Avnet Lazarus''' (April 26, 1976 – December 13, 2020) was an American writer, comedian, and talk show host.<ref>{{cite news|title=Top 100 New Yorkers of the Year|url=http://www.artworksfoundation.org/the_resident.pdf|publisher=New York Resident|access-date=July 5, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304025715/http://www.artworksfoundation.org/the_resident.pdf|archive-date=March 4, 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref> Lazarus was best known as creator and host of the ''[[Employee of the Month (podcast)|Employee of the Month]]'', a monthly comedy show and podcast filmed live at [[Joe's Pub]] in New York City.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2013/04/26/arts/comedy-listings-for-april-26-may-2.html?_r=0|title=Comedy Listings for April 26-May 2|work=[[The New York Times]]|date=25 April 2013 |access-date=July 7, 2013}}</ref> Lazarus died from [[breast cancer]] at her apartment in New York City on December 13, 2020, at age 44.<ref name = NYT>{{cite news|url = https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/20/arts/catie-lazarus-dead.html|title = Catie Lazarus, Comedian With a Lot of Questions, Dies at 44|work = [[The New York Times]]|date = December 20, 2020|access-date = December 20, 2020|last = Vadukul|first = Alex}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Lazarus, Catie}} [[Category:1976 births]] [[Category:2020 deaths]] [[Category:Deaths from breast cancer]] [[Category:Cancer deaths in New York City]] [[Category:A