People, Nov. 17, 1975

"I'm on my own and have to worry about paying my rent every month," explains Kitty Bruce, 20, who has filed suit against the biographers of her late father, Comedian Lenny Bruce. Claiming copyright infringement, unfair trade practice and appropriation of Bruce's name and likeness, Kitty wants $11 million from the makers of the movie Lenny and another $4 million from Authors Albert Goldman and Lawrence Schiller and the publishers of Ladies and Gentlemen, Lenny Bruce! Why file suit now? "So I'll be able to pay my bills for the rest of my life."...

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