Comedian – David Frye, impersonates President Richard Nixon, was died at age of 77

David Frye, who impersonates famous political figures like President Richard Nixon, died in Las Vegas, Nevada at the age of 77.

Frye was born on June 1934 at David Shapiro. He rose to become a national fame. He usually mimics Lyndon Johnson, Nixon, Bobby Kennedy and other famous politicians in public.

Frye’s comedian career becomes known during Nixon’s regime. During Nixon’s time Frye’s appeared on television shows like The Ed Sullivan Show and the Tonight Show with Johnny Carson. Frye’s career became slow after the presidency of Nixon but he try to keep it up by recording comedy albums like David Frye Presents the Great Debate (1980) and Clinton: An Oral History (1998). He became popular in the 1960s and 1970s.Not only he mimic politician but also some film celebrities like Henry Fonda, Robert Mitchum, and Jack Palance.

Frye passed away of cardiopulmonary arrest in his home, just this Monday according to the Clark County Coroner’s officer. When he was still alive, according to his sister Ruth Welch he discovered his talent on he started imitating his neighbors when they were still living in Brooklyn.

Base of some neighbors from Brooklyn, who really remember him he started imitating during his high school days and his first ever impersonate character, was Sabu the Jungle Boy. Frye decided to drop Sabu because the audience wasn’t familiar enough with the character that he impersonates. Whenever he tries to mimic a character he usually did is to practice in hours in front of a mirror to master the character. But most of them in Brooklyn remember him as always fun to be with.