Comedy

Judy Tenuta, Comedian Known as ‘Aphrodite of the Accordion,’ Dies at 72

‘NOW THAT SHE’S GONE’

The comedian, a frequent collaborator of “Weird Al” Yankovic’s, had been battling stage 4 ovarian cancer.

AJ McDougall
AJ McDougall 

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