his stage appearances, Lee shared the stage with Diana Ross, Ella Fitzgerald, Lou Rawls, Sammy Davis Jr., and other major performers. Lee had a supporting role in the 1974 film The Gambler, starring James Caan. He claimed that he was cast in the Woody Allen film Broadway Danny Rose but that his scenes were cut out. Personal life and death Lee was divorced three times. In his final years he resided in Deerfield Beach, Florida, where he died in 2015, aged 80. He had at least one daughter, Stacey Lee, who - at one time - lived in Harrington Park, NJ. References External links 1935 births 2015 deaths American stand-up comedians Jewish American male comedians People from Closter, New Jersey 21st-century American Jews