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Tom Dreesen, comedian who led the Comedy Store strike and toured with Frank Sinatra, dies at 86

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Tom Dreesen, the comedian who led the Comedy Store strike, combated civil rights-era racial tension with comedy in the duo Tim & Tom, and toured with Frank Sinatra, has died at 86.

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