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COMEDIAN LEARY A $TAND-UP GUY FOR FDNY FAMILIES
New York Post ^ | 7/29/02 | SIMON CRITTLE

Posted on 07/29/2002 1:39:35 AM PDT by kattracks

Edited on 05/26/2004 5:07:51 PM PDT by Jim Robinson. [history]

July 29, 2002 -- While Denis Leary's charity work for firefighters has made headlines, what's not well know is that he might easily have been a smoke-eater himself had he not made it in showbiz.

"You had three choices in my family," he told The Post. "You either became a Teamster, which is what my brother did, or a cop, which is what many of my cousins did, or a fireman, which my cousin Jerry [Lucey] did.


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1 posted on 07/29/2002 1:39:35 AM PDT by kattracks
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To: kattracks
One of the funniest guys ever. Methinks The Job was cancelled for his politics, not ratings.
2 posted on 07/29/2002 5:39:37 AM PDT by Squawk 8888
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