From the archives of Gadfly Magazine® Saint Lenny…died for our sins.—Eric Bogosian Dizzy Gillespie, the great jazz trumpeter, once said of Louis Armstrong, “If it hadn’t been for him, there wouldn’t have been none of us. I want to thank Louis Armstrong for my livelihood.” In similar fashion, a long and growing list of comedians—actually, social satirists—owe a great thanks to Lenny Bruce. These include Richard Pryor (who came closest …continue…