Ethel Kirschenbaum is popularly known as the wife of the late American stand-up comedian Freddie Roman.
Ethel and her late husband Roman shared two wonderful kids; their first child Alan Kirschenbaum was a television sitcom producer and writer, he died by suicide on October 26, 2012. He was found dead in his home in Burbank, California. His funeral was held in New City, New York.
The couple’s second child Judi details are not known.
However, Ethel is currently 63 years of age.
Ethel’s husband Freddie Roman
Freddie Roman was an American stand-up comedian, best known for his frequent appearances at “Borscht Belt” hotels.
Roman grew up in Jamaica, New York. His father was a shoe salesman. His uncle and grandfather owned the Crystal Spring Hotel in the Catskills.
There, Freddie was given a chance to emcee on summer nights at age 15. He became a teenage comic in small resorts but later left show business to work for his father.
He became the proprietor of a ladies’ shoe store but soon realized his true love was “not in the shoe business, but show business”.
Roman died in Boynton Beach on November 26, 2022, at the age of 85 from a heart attack.