Stand Up Comedy Matriarch Mitzi Shore Has Died | Deadline

Mitzi Shore, who founded the Los Angeles stand up comedy club The Comedy Store in 1972, has died at age 87. She became a matriarch for a generation of comedians who began their careers on her stage and went on to become superstars.
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