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	Podcast:		Mobituaries with Mo Rocca
	Episode:		LaWanda Page: Death of a Comedy Queen
	Category:		Society & Culture
	Duration:		00:44:27
	Publish Date:		2024-01-03 08:30:00
	Description:		Long before her turn as the sermonizing Aunt Esther on "Sanford and Son," LaWanda Page was dazzling Black nightclub audiences - first as the flame-swallowing “Bronze Goddess of Fire”. Then, following in the footsteps of her childhood friend and eventual costar Redd Foxx, she became a queen of raunchy, tell-it-like-it-is stand up comedy. (Let’s just say Aunt Esther would not have approved of LaWanda’s act.) In this season 4 finale, Mo reflects on Page’s influential career with entertainment icon Whoopi Goldberg and remembers the adults-only "party record' phenomenon with comedian Alonzo Bodden. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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