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Title: Well, damn it.
Post by: Blue Lion on June 23, 2008, 12:09:04 am

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080623/ts_nm/carlin_dc_2

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.

Known for his edgy, provocative material, Carlin achieved status as an anti-Establishment icon in the 1970s with stand-up bits full of drug references and a routine about seven dirty words you could not say on television. A regulatory battle over a radio broadcast of his "Filthy Words" routine ultimately reached the U.S. Supreme Court.

Title: Re: Well, damn it.
Post by: Hellstryker on June 23, 2008, 12:11:29 am

 :(

Title: Re: Well, damn it.
Post by: Thor on June 23, 2008, 02:14:13 am

Ruuuuufffffffffffuuuuusssssss!!!!!!!

goodbye sir, r.i.p :blah:

Title: Re: Well, damn it.
Post by: Nuclear1 on June 23, 2008, 02:34:12 am

****. :(

Title: Re: Well, damn it.
Post by: karajorma on June 23, 2008, 03:31:17 am

:(

We should all pray to Joe Pesci for him.

Title: Re: Well, damn it.
Post by: Galemp on June 23, 2008, 08:09:27 am

Oh no! Not George Carlin!

Oh... this is genuinely saddening.

Title: Re: Well, damn it.
Post by: tinfoil on June 23, 2008, 12:59:17 pm

GEORGE CARLIN - Damn :(

Title: Re: Well, damn it.
Post by: TopAce on June 23, 2008, 01:17:05 pm

A schoolmate of mine showed one of his appearances to the whole class when the teacher was absent. I'm not typically a guy who can listen to a comedian for forty-fifty minutes, but Carlin was so funny that it stuck me to my chair.

The worst is that comedians can explain many things in a simple and funny way that would otherwise take years of education and research to understand on an academic level.

Title: Re: Well, damn it.
Post by: BlackDove on June 23, 2008, 06:51:15 pm

Man, what the **** are you still doing around?

I know why I have to be here, but damn.