Lewis Black News & Bio
| Name: | Lewis Black | | Hometown: | Silver Spring, MD | | High School: | Springbrook | | Born: | August 30, 1948 (77) | | Notes: | Comedian |
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Interview with comedian, UNC alum Lewis BlackLewis Black, the now 77-year-old stand-up legend has retired from touring, and his recent “Goodbye Yeller Brick Road” performances were his last. But Black, the...
Mon Mar 30, 2026
Comedian, UNC alum Lewis Black returns to alma mater for final tourNow 76, Lewis Black is embarking on “Goodbye Yeller Brick Road, The Final Tour.” Fittingly, the tour will bring Black back to the same town...
Sun Apr 27, 2025
Lewis Black returns to the classroom
Comedian Lewis Black ’70 began his comedy career while studying playwriting at UNC, and 52 years after graduating, he returned to campus as a two-time...
Thu Apr 21, 2022
Comedian, UNC alum Lewis Black donates archive to University Libraries
Though Lewis Black is best known as a comedian embodying cathartic anger on stage and in popular segments on The Daily Show, he began his...
Wed Apr 13, 2022
New book shares ABCs, magic, history of UNC
The University of North Carolina Press sent me a copy of "UNC A to Z – What Every Tar Heel Needs to Know about the...
Sun Dec 13, 2020