Jeff Abraham

Jeff Abraham is an American publicist, comedy historian and author. His book, "The Show Won’t Go On: The Most Shocking, Bizarre, and Historic Deaths of Performers Onstage", was written with Burt Kearns, and published September 3, 2019 by Chicago Review Press .
Career.
As a publicist, Abraham has represented many comedy projects and comedians, including George Carlin and David Brenner. He has been a research consultant to authors and documentarians, and his Abraham Comedy Archives, a voluminous comedy album collection, has been a resource to writers and filmmakers alike.
Abraham has conducted interviews for The Archive of American Television and worked closely with the Paley Center for Media. He is on the advisory board of the National Comedy Center.
As an author and comedy historian, he is completing the first authorized biography of The Ritz Brothers.