Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Tom Dreesen, the veteran comedian who led the Comedy Store strike and toured with Frank Sinatra, has died at 86. (Rodin Eckenroth ...

Tom Dreesen, the veteran stand-up comedian who toured with Frank Sinatra, combated civil rights-era racial tension with comedy, and championed pay for fellow Comedy Store acts, has died. He was 86.

Tom Dreesen, the veteran comedian who led the Comedy Store strike and toured with Frank Sinatra, has died at 86.(Rodin Eckenroth / Getty Images) Tom Dreesen, the veteran stand-up comedian who toured ...