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Article: BEHIND THE MUSTACHE: A LOOK AT THE REAL GROUCHO MARX.(Viewpoint)(Review)
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- Daily News (Los Angeles, CA)
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- August 6, 2000
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Byline: Tom Nolan Correspondent
``Groucho: The Life and Times of Julius Henry Marx''
465 pages, Knopf; $30
Groucho Marx died in 1977, but in ways both obvious and subtle, his comic presence is still with us.
So says Stefan Kanfer, author of ``Groucho: The Life and Times of Julius Henry Marx.''
Marx Brothers films, in which Groucho was so prominent, are of course often shown on television, and the TV quiz show Groucho hosted, ``You Bet Your Life,'' can still sometimes be seen in reruns.
More subliminally, Groucho Marx lives on in the cadences and attitudes of contemporary comedians and comic actors, says biographer ...