Dick Capri

Richard Emerick Crupi was born to an Italian-American family in Reading, Pennsylvania, on August 11, 1931.^[1][2] After graduating high school, he moved to New York City and began performing stand-up.^[2]

In the 1960s, he appeared on such programs as The Merv Griffin Show and The Ed Sullivan Show. He worked with Engelbert Humperdinck, Frank Sinatra, Liza Minnelli, and Tom Jones,^[3] and performed for presidents Gerald Ford and George H. W. Bush.^[4] He performed largely at resorts in the Catskills, and was later part of a revue called Catskills on Broadway.^[2] He continued to perform until 2021.^[2]

Capri was married and divorced twice, to Barbara Cappinger and April Rand; he had a son (with Barbara) comedian Jeff Capri.^[2][5] He has a brother Frank Crupi and niece Elena Crupi.^[2] Capri died from an aortic dissection at his home in Boca Raton, Florida, on December 26, 2024, at the age of 93.^[2][6]