Andy Kaufman in 1982 (left) and in 1976. Andy Kaufman's death garnered just as many varying opinions as his life did. "She went to the funeral. She said she went up to the casket and poked him because ...

Andy Kaufman was an enigma that thrived on chaos throughout his brief, but memorable career. More than 40 years after his death – a death that some still think was faked as a stunt – Kaufman’s career ...

When a deceased person of note leaves his or her heirs a trove of work, posthumous publication is often tricky ground. Of course, some make their wishes quite clear; Willa Cather’s letters were ...

What to make of a man who admits that Howdy Doody was the first friend he ever had and who devoted some of his final years in professional wrestling, wrestling women for amusement? The man was Andy ...

Even five decades after Andy Kaufman burst onto the national comedy scene, his friends and collaborators still wrestle, so speak, with what was real and what was part of the act. As you learn in the ...

A documentary about a famously opaque comedian tops the DVD releases for the week of Dec. 16. "Thank You Very Much": The strange and too-short life of entertainer Andy Kaufman ...

CHICAGO — What to make of a man who admits that Howdy Doody was the first friend he ever had and who devoted some of his final years in professional wrestling, wrestling women for amusement? The man ...