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The comic whose pioneering style paved the way for such boundary-breaking comedians as Lenny Bruce, Richard Pryor and George Carlin, died Tuesday at his home in Mill Valley, CA. He was 94. One of the originals when it came to applying social commentary to his stand-up act and using early TV media for skewering politicians and others in a harsh but clean presentation.