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Edgy comic George Carlin dies at 71  

jeffandBonna 57M/66F
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6/23/2008 10:45 am
Edgy comic George Carlin dies at 71
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Comedian George Carlin, a counter-culture hero famed for his routines about drugs, dirty words and the demise of humanity, died of heart failure at a Los Angeles-area hospital on Sunday. He was 71.

Carlin, who had a history of heart and drug-dependency problems, died at Saint 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.

Known for his edgy, provocative material developed over 50 years, the bald, bearded Carlin achieved status as an anti-Establishment icon in the 1970s with stand-up bits full of drug references and a routine called "Seven Words You Can Never Say On Television." A regulatory battle over a radio broadcast of the routine ultimately reached the U.S. Supreme Court.

In the 1978 case, Federal Communications Commission vs. Pacifica Foundation, the top U.S. court ruled that the words cited in Carlin's routine were indecent, and that the government's broadcast regulator could ban them from being aired at times when might be listening.

The Grammy-winning Carlin remained an active presence on the comedy circuit. Carlin was scheduled to receive the John F. Kennedy Center's prestigious Mark Twain Prize for American Humor in November and his publicist said Carlin performed in Las Vegas this month.

His comedic sensibility revolved around a central theme: humanity is a cursed, doomed species.

"I don't have any beliefs or allegiances. I don't believe in this country, I don't believe in religion, or a god, and I don't believe in all these man-made institutional ideas," he told Reuters in a 2001 interview.

Carlin told Playboy in 2005 that he looked forward to an afterlife where he could watch the decline of civilization on a "heavenly CNN."

"The world is a big theater-in-the round as far as I'm concerned, and I'd love to watch it spin itself into oblivion," he said. "Tune in and watch the human adventure."

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Carlin wrote three best-selling books, won four Grammy Awards, recorded 22 comedy albums, headlined 14 HBO television specials, and hosted hundreds of variety shows. One was the first episode of "Saturday Night Live" in 1975, when he was high on cocaine.

drug addiction plagued him for much of his life, beginning with marijuana experimentation as a , graduating to cocaine in the 1970s, and then to prescription painkillers and wine. During the cocaine years, Carlin ignored his finances and ended up owing about $3 million in back taxes. In 2004, he entered a Los Angeles rehab clinic for his alcohol and Vicodin abuse.

George Dennis Carlin was born on May 12, 1937, in New York City, where he was raised with an older brother by their single mother. He fondly recalled that the nuns at his school tolerated his early comedic inclinations.

After a brief, troubled stint in the U.S. Air Force, he started honing his comic act, developing such characters as Al Sleet, a "hippie-dippie weatherman."

Carlin told Playboy that his sensibilities developed in the 1950s, "when comedy stopped being safe ... (and) became about saying no to authority." He cited such influences as Lenny Bruce, Mort Sahl, Dick Gregory and Bob Newhart.

He also dabbled in movies and television, recently voicing a hippie Volkswagen bus named Fillmore in the Pixar cartoon "Cars."

Carlin is survived by his second wife Sally Wade; Kelly Carlin McCall; and brother Patrick. His first wife, Brenda, died of cancer in 1997. News of his death was first reported by the television show "Entertainment Tonight."







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 RIP he is missed


sexymermaid6956 70F
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6/25/2008 8:04 pm

 sad day...he will be missed
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jeffandBonna replies on 6/25/2008 8:55 pm:
Yes
he will!

stardust81937 87M
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6/25/2008 5:34 pm

 I was born April 7th, 1937. I still feel young. But I never did drugs and have no health problems. The thing you younger people need to look at is that your country is being taken away from you. Censorship abounds on many levels. I write blogs that deal with my life (as most of us on here do). All the stuff in my younger years that made me the way I am can't be placed here--oh Hell, it really doesn't matter I have enough blog-ing material to last the rest of my life...Bless you George Carlin, I too think humanity will be gone in a couple of hundred years, if not sooner....STARDUST [image]


jeffandBonna replies on 6/25/2008 6:04 pm:
HUH?
Oh well!
I will miss
him too!

fletchers_arrow 62M
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6/24/2008 6:10 am

 The words expressed here are my sentiments, as well.
I have listened to the man and worked many of his routines across the country. Most of the larger concert venues were not his style. He liked working the college campuses and working on the minds of the up and coming thinkers of the times. George worked most of the Ivy and West Coast campuses, and did his share in the midwest and everywhere else across the country and abroad.

He is someone I have held in respect and enjoyed his comic genius since the 60's. He will be missed dearly. Bye George.
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jeffandBonna replies on 6/24/2008 2:35 pm:
I agree!
He will be missed!
I think he was supposed
to come to Tacoma?

MyHeartLost4U 59M
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6/23/2008 5:02 pm

 I grew up to listening and watching George Carlin. He always made me laugh.

He is a great lost and I hope his soul is resting and that in his new life he has now that he continues to put the smiles and laughter on the faces of others.


jeffandBonna replies on 6/24/2008 2:31 pm:
I did
too! And he just
cracked me up!
We will miss him.

Adie2pleaseyou 72M
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6/23/2008 1:02 pm

 Oh!
As I live in the UK I only found out about him a couple years ago, I thought he was great, the USA answer to Billy Connolly.
Normally when people moan & groan it leaves one feeling depressed.
George Carlin could moan & groan all night long & leave one in hysterics!!
God bless his soul.
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jeffandBonna replies on 6/23/2008 1:25 pm:
I've been one of his fans for many years!
And he is going to be
missed! Hes one of the funniest
comedians in the world!

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6/23/2008 12:09 pm

 Bonna, I read of his death this morning...to me it is a great loss...he was a brilliant mind...I can barely recall my life without George making me laugh, think and challenging the norm...he will be missed...Peace Sexysista39
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jeffandBonna replies on 6/24/2008 2:37 pm:
To me
he was the best comedian
in the world!

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