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Groucho developed friendships with rock star Alice Cooper — the two were photographed together for Rolling Stone magazine — and television host Dick Cavett, becoming a frequent guest on Cavett's late-night talk show.

He befriended Elton John when the British singer was staying in California in 1972, insisting on calling him " John Elton.

" According to writer Philip Norman, when Groucho jokingly pointed his index fingers as if holding a pair of six-shooters, Elton John put up his hands and said, " Don't shoot me, I'm only the piano player ," thereby naming the album he had just completed.

Elton John accompanied Groucho to a performance of Jesus Christ Superstar.

As the lights went down, Groucho called out, " Does it have a happy ending?

" And during the Crucifixion scene, he declared, " This is sure to offend the Jews.