| re: NJC- George Carlin -Death of a Comic Legend | |
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samurai7 10:44 pm UTC 06/23/08 |
| In reply to: | NJC- George Carlin -Death of a Comic Legend - Venom 05:53 am UTC 06/23/08 |
| I was saddened to hear this. A big GC fan, including his movie work. Who can forget his Catholic Bishop in Dogma? Buddy Christ, anyone? Or Rufus from Bill and Ted (although he himself thought this role was turgid.) But it was the stand-up comedy, and the HBO specials that I loved most. When I first heard You're All Diseased and Back In Town I pretty much pissed myself laughing. You know when you bust a gut and can't catch your breath? Total class, and a firm middle finger to The Man. > "LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Comedian George Carlin, a > counter-culture hero famed for his routines about drugs > and dirty words, died of heart failure at a Los > Angeles-area hospital on Sunday, a spokesman said. He was > 71. > > Carlin, who had a history of heart problems, died at St. > John's Health Center in Santa Monica about 6 p.m. PDT (9 > p.m. EDT) after being admitted earlier in the afternoon > for chest pains, spokesman Jeff Abraham told Reuters." | |
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