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	Andy Kaufman's Bio
		As Andy went to the camera to tell the lie, his face changed and he pleaded to the audience that it wasn't fake and that he was told to lie to them.
		Andy experimented with foreign science to try to rid himself of the cancer, but despite his efforts it is believed that his experimenting only shortened his life span.
		Andy was a great inspiration to comedy as we know it, and he will be missed greatly by his fans.
	www.robotz.com /media/andy_kaufman/andybio.html (692 words)

	Andy Kaufman Summary
		Kaufman died on May 16, 1984 at the age of 35 of lung cancer in Los Angeles, and was interred in the Beth David Cemetery in Elmont, New York (Long Island).
		Kaufman made ten appearances on David Letterman's morning and late-night shows, including one where he claimed to be homeless and begged the audience for money and one where he talked about his adopted children, who turned out to be three full grown African American men.
		Kaufman was a friend of Alan Spencer, best known as a creator of the cult hit TV series "Sledge Hammer!" Kaufman once invited Spencer over to his home and subjected him to a marathon of forty eight hours of The People's Court, a series that Kaufman religiously recorded.
	www.bookrags.com /Andy_Kaufman (3084 words)

	The Memphis Flyer: Cover Story - July 24, 1997
		Kaufman, on the other hand, told reporters before the match that he was scared he was going to get hurt and that he couldn't understand why Lawler hadn't answered his requests to meet and work up a plan.
		Kaufman responded after the break by tossing a cup of coffee in Lawler's lap and pronouncing a stream of profanities, pounding on Letterman's desk as the host fiddled with papers like he was trying to mind his own business.
		Kaufman is still hailed as a comic genius, and Lawler has a tape or two to serve as a warning to those who would claim that his sport is phony.
	www.memphisflyer.com /backissues/issue440/cvr440.htm (2339 words)

	Andy Kaufman - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Kaufman was born in New York City on January 17, 1949, the first son of Stanley and Janice Kaufman.
		Clifton was, at Kaufman's insistence, hired for a guest role on Taxi, but after throwing a tantrum on stage, had to be escorted off of the ABC studio's lot by security guards.
		Kaufman's first appearance on the show proved to be the most memorable one.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Andy_Kaufman (3120 words)

	The help Joe Wilson find Andy Kaufman Legal Support Trust
		Andy Kaufman is reported to have spent years privately visiting cancer wards, Veterans hospitals, and homeless shelters.
		Andy Kaufman knew that the future of his acting career held the promise of nothing more than low rent roles that rehashed his Latka character from the television series Taxi.
		Kaufman did not want to be forced into a position of explaining the decision of Kaufman's and the mother's parents to give the child away.
	www.andykaufmanlives.com /enrique (770 words)

	Andy Kaufman Photos - Andy Kaufman News - Andy Kaufman Information
		Andy Kaufman was born in 1949 in New York City, and lived in Great Neck, Long Island for much of his childhood.
		Andy had dreamed of being a performer since he was a child, and performed at birthday parties and other small venues for many years starting when he was eight.
		Andy Kaufman: My mother sent me to psychiatrists since the age of four because she didn't think little boys should be sad.
	www.tv.com /andy-kaufman/person/239/summary.html (527 words)

	Andy Kaufman FAQ
		Kaufman claimed to have met the conceited and insensitive nightclub singer in the early 1970's, and had initially impersonated him as part of his own act but began hiring Clifton when he could afford to do so.
		Kaufman insisted that Clifton was a real person, not the one he once imitated, and Clifton would become livid when reporters accused him of really being Andy Kaufman.
		Andy kept to himself, did not participate in after-hours functions with the cast and crew, and was considered aloof and arrogant by many.
	andykaufman.jvlnet.com /akfaq.htm (2658 words)

	Howdy Doody, Hookers, Hammerlocks & Hollywood:A Brief Glimpse into the Bizarre World of Andy Kaufman
		Andy Kaufman dies of lung cancer at the age of 35.
		Andy reluctantly takes the role of "Latka" on the new TV comedy Taxi although he thinks sitcoms are beneath his unique form of performance art.
		Andy is born in New York City on January 17, the first child of Janice and Stanley Kaufman.
	www.alternativereel.com /offbeat-cinema/Andy_Kaufman.html (1825 words)

	Andy Kaufman/Bill Hicks/Elvis Presley
		Andy Kaufman - the comedian-cum-performance artist, star of Taxi, and subject of the Milos Foreman 1999 biopic The Man on the Moon - died of cancer, too.
		Kaufman was a health nut, an aggressive non-smoker, yet contracted a rare form of lung cancer.
		Kaufman came from the happy-go-lucky sunshine of the 1950s, and it showed in his work, just as the nighttime malaise of the late 1970s showed through in Hicks's.
	www.furious.com /perfect/kaufmanhicks.html (1793 words)

	looks at Andy Kaufman
		"Andy Kaufman loved wrestling," said Danny Davis, now 17 years removed from those chaotic nights at Mid-South Coliseum in Memphis, which was to hardcore wrestling what New York's CBGB was to punk rock.
		Kaufman had been drawn to the theatrics of professional wrestling as a child in the 1960s.
		In "Lost in the Funhouse: The Life and Mind of Andy Kaufman," writer Bill Zehme said Kaufman saw parallels between his edgy comedy act, which was intended to anger audiences as much as amuse them, and professional wrestling, where a well-played villain could turn an arena full of people into a poisonous, bestial mob.
	www.kinglawler.com /kaufman.html (1976 words)

	Andy Kaufman - Biography - Moviefone
		Kaufman himself best summed up his art, stating, " I am not a comic, I have never told a joke....The comedian's promise is that he will go out there and make you laugh with him....My only promise is that I will try to entertain you as best I can.
		The fight was precipitated by an earlier wrestling match between Kaufman and Lawler in which the wrestler inflicted a serious head injury to the comic.
		Kaufman developed a cough in late 1983 that was diagnosed as a rare form of lung cancer.
	movies.aol.com /celebrity/andy-kaufman/37092/biography (773 words)

	Andy Kaufman St. James Encyclopedia of Pop Culture - Find Articles (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		Kaufman was a comedian who never told a joke; instead he broke the mold by creating a new comic style that was as much performance art as traditional stand-up.
		Kaufman was "injured" by Lawler during a match, and the two appeared for an interview on the David Letterman Show in July 1982,; supposedly to offer apologies.
		Kaufman claimed he was not Clifton, which was somewhat true as his writing partner Bob Zmuda often played Clifton.
	www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_g1epc/is_bio/ai_2419200630 (945 words)

	Review \| Was This Man a Genius?: Talks with Andy Kaufman
		Hecht would go to concerts where Kaufman was performing, she would have dinner with him at his parents' home, spend countless and often fruitless hours with him in diners and hotel rooms struggling just to get Andy to spend an hour with her and talk about himself.
		Throughout the book, crazy as he may or may not be, Kaufman seems to be continuously yanking Hecht's chain, trying to get some reaction out of her, to a point where she literally becomes either creeped out or scared to tears.
		After her outright refusal and tearful exit, Kaufman comes after her and convinces her to come back into the room, claiming that she "missed out on something great." When Hecht asks what it was, Kaufman refuses to tell her claiming "You should have come if you wanted to see.
	www.januarymagazine.com /biography/kaufmanbio.html (924 words)

	tOA: the Other Arena, Biography
		Andy Kaufman, who gained initial fame as a comedian and actor, pursued a career in wrestling, which he had loved since his childhood, after his stint as Latka on TV's "Taxi".
		Andy told Oui magazine in 1981 that he planned to open a wrestling venue with his pal Bob Zmuda called "Andy Kaufman's Wrestling Palace".
		On May 16, 1984, Andy Kaufman's lung cancer killed him, unaware of the tremendous boom wrestling was to achieve in the years to come.
	www.otherarena.com /htm/cgi-bin/biography.cgi?andykauf (907 words)

	Urban Legends Reference Pages: Inboxer Rebellion (Andy Kaufman)
		Andy Kaufman, by all accounts, is alive and well at age 55 and is now living in New York City on the upper west side.
		That someone issued a press release proclaiming Andy Kaufman to be alive signifies nothing other than an attempt to capitalize on the confusion his bizarre performance style sowed during his lifetime.
		If the real Andy Kaufman were back, his story would be picked up by every major news service in the U.S. and a good many abroad, not merely a single "anybody can submit a story" free publicity service.
	www.snopes.com /inboxer/hoaxes/kaufman.asp (763 words)

	The Mad Comedy of Andy Kaufman (NY Rock) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		Undoubtedly, most of us came to know Kaufman as Latka Gravas on "Taxi," but thankfully the Museum's collection of TV appearances from 1975 to 1982 painted him more like he'd want to be remembered, as a pop-cultural prankster and entertainment terrorist.
		The retrospective began in 1975 with Andy's television debut that coincidentally was also the premiere episode of "Saturday Night Live." Unlike its current incarnation as a minor-league showcase for no-talent half-wits and a breeding ground for horrible movies, SNL was originally a show about taking risks with comedy.
		After the initial shock wore off, the other actors in the skit (including future "Seinfeld" star Michael Richards) attacked Andy with props and food and just as a fistfight appeared imminent, several burly crewmembers stormed the stage and dragged Andy off, presumably to be lynched from the highest boom microphone.
	www.nyrock.com /features/kaufman.htm (917 words)

	Church of Andy Kaufman
		Andy Kaufman himself intimated to others that this was his wish: that he would "die" and reappear sometime in the future (Andy Kaufman Revealed!, Zmuda et al.
		Andy Kaufman was a man of great humor who spread happiness throughout the world (Rolling Stone Yearbook, 1984, Robin Williams quote: "....and the world was the punch line").
		It should be further noted, however, that much of the fraudulent behavior effected by Andy Kaufman (particular during the Wrestling Period of His Life) was of a negative flavor and tone (Examples of words used to describe Andy Kaufman during this Period: blowhard, chauvinist, villain, etc. taken from Rolling Stone, May 15, 1980).
	cak.faithweb.com (944 words)

	Straight Dope Staff Report: What's up with Andy Kaufman and Tony Clifton?
		Kaufman claimed to have seen a Tony Clifton-like entertainer during a trip to Vegas at age 20; he had hitchhiked out planning to see Elvis in concert.
		Andy did the first few episodes, then it was time for Tony's first “guest appearance.” The producers had been sworn to secrecy; the cast wasn't told Clifton was really Kaufman.
		Andy’s supposed plan was that he’d stage a dramatic return after twenty years of being thought dead, so even the most skeptical among us can perhaps be forgiven a tremor of anticipation, followed by a twinge of disappointment, when May 16, 2004, came and went without incident.
	www.straightdope.com /mailbag/mandykaufman.htm (1703 words)

	Andy Kaufman Timeline and Biography (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		Kaufman dies of lung cancer at Cedars-Sinai Hospital, Los Angeles, CA.
		Kaufman's first child, Maria, traces down her biological parents and reunites with the Kaufmans.
		Kaufman always joked about faking his death and returning twenty years later so his friends hold a "Welcome Back Andy" party but he never shows up.
	www.twoop.com /people/andy_kaufman.html (1125 words)

	Andy Kaufman Biography - Biography.com
		Kaufman parlayed this concept into a series of performances and stirred up a good deal of controversy, especially among female viewers, who were outraged by the character’s misogynist nature.
		Kaufman also made memorable TV appearances on Van Dyke and Company, The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson, The Mike Douglas Show, The Dating Game, and the comedy show Fridays, during which he got into a scuffle with fellow cast members and stormed out of the live broadcast.
		In 1979, Kaufman made a now-famous appearance in a show at Carnegie Hall, after which he arranged for the entire audience of 2800 people to be bussed to a Manhattan café for milk and cookies.
	www.biography.com /search/article.jsp?aid=9542253 (450 words)

	Andy Kaufman
		Fifteen years later he had a resurgence of interest with a memoir by his friend Bob Zmuda, "Andy Kaufman Revealed," (September 1999) and a biography by Bill Zehme, "Lost in the Funhouse," (December 1999).
		Kaufman's twist became darker and was often offensive.
		At 20, Kaufman had a daughter with a girlfriend but for the rest of his life, played the field, even when dating film editor Lynne Margulies.
	www.astrodatabank.com /NMKaufmanAndy.htm (628 words)

	WHAT'S MY STYLE — Andy Kaufman
		We think Kaufman's biggest challenge with ANSIR® would be in being honest, for life was an "illusion" to him.
		Kaufman's credo, as the movie so clearly states, was, "Life is an illusion," and he lived his accordingly with creative support from the most creative of all personality styles: Evokateur.
		Andy stood there, but it was our conventional beliefs and standards that played on-stage.
	personal.ansir.com /wms/kaufman.htm (348 words)

	TVparty: Fridays
		Kaufman opened his monologue by telling the audience the show was live and no one could stop him.
		Kaufman, who would die of lung cancer in 1984, had become increasingly known for off-the-wall antics, stunts such as wrestling women.
		When it was Kaufman's turn, he came back to the table, broke character and announced he couldn't do drug humor.
	www.tvparty.com /80fridays4.html (1791 words)

	Salon Arts & Entertainment \| "Man on the Moon" (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		As a phenomenon and as a person, Andy Kaufman was hard enough to explain during his lifetime.
		Kaufman was the most unconventional comic during the late '70s and early '80s, devising strange little routines that often made, at best, only a kind of oblique sense and sometimes carried more than a whiff of hostility toward his audience.
		The result is a movie that's too conventional to capture Kaufman's insanity and too haphazard, too shapeless, to recapture Kaufman's energy in any meaningful way.
	www.salon.com /ent/movies/review/1999/12/22/moon/index.html (844 words)

	Andy Kaufman Biography at Hollywood.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		Kaufman starred with Marty Feldman, Richard Pryor and Peter Boyle in Feldman's feature bomb "In God We Tru$t" (1980), playing televangelist Armageddon T Thunderbird, but it was a February 20, 1981 appearance as guest host for the ABC comedy show "Fridays" (an "SNL" clone) that really added to his reputation for unpredictability.
		Kaufman insisted the incident was a terrible misunderstanding, but some of the "Fridays" regulars may have been in on "the gag" (including Michael Richards later to find fame as Kramer on "Seinfeld").
		Kaufman's act aroused the anger of wrestler Jerry Lawlor who took exception to the send-up of pro wrestling; the two eventually met in a match at the Mid-South Coliseum in Memphis, TN on April 5, 1982, with Lawlor pile-driving the comic into the hospital with an injured cervical vertebrae.
	www.hollywood.com /celebritydetail/Andy_Kaufman/196067 (1788 words)

	Andy Kaufman (I) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		Referred to by some as a dadaistic comedian, Andy Kaufman took comedy...
		Andy's Funhouse (1979) (TV) (also as Tony Clifton)....
		Andy is alive and i can prove it
	www.imdb.com /name/nm0001412 (443 words)

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