Joey Adams's father Nathan Abramowitz was a tailor who later moved to the Bronx.
10 Facts About Joey Adams
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Joey Adams changed his name to Joey Adams in 1930, and married his second wife, Cindy Adams, in 1952.
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Joey Adams' career spanned more than 70 years and included appearances in nightclubs and vaudeville shows.
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Joey Adams hosted for a while his own radio show and wrote 23 books, including From Gags to Riches, Joey Adams Joke Book, Laugh Your Calories Away, On the Road with Uncle Sam and Encyclopedia of Humor.
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Joey Adams hosted an unsold game show pilot called Rate Your Mate based on a 1950s radio show of the same name in 1951.
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On September 7,1952, The Joey Adams Show debuted on WAAM-TV in Baltimore.
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In 1963 Joey Adams, then serving as AGVA president, helped to finance and organize an August 5 variety show in Birmingham, Alabama, to raise funds for the August 28 March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom.
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Joey Adams shared the stage with numerous speakers and performers, including Martin Luther King Jr.
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Joey Adams was active in the New York Friars Club and was president of the American Guild of Variety Artists AGVA.
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Joey Adams died December 2,1999, at St Vincent's Hospital in Manhattan, aged 88, from heart failure.