Recently recovered recording features voice of Harpo Marx, the 'silent' Marx brother

NPR | By Hosts

Published June 8, 2026 at 4:45 AM EDT

Harpo Marx -- the "silent" Marx brother -- can finally be heard speaking in a live album of recently recovered material, which was recorded just six months before he died in 1964.

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