R.I.P George Carlin

Jimmydean55
Jimmydean55 Posts: 1,563
edited June 2008 in All Encompassing Trip
Wow. I have been into Carlin really heavy for the past 2 years or so and I'm very sad to learn the news of his passing. He was only 71. Saw his last hbo special and he was still razor sharp. I'll miss his insight into this crazy world...

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080623/us_nm/carlin_dc

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.
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  • stylo17
    stylo17 Posts: 1,001
    you JUST beat me to it.

    so sad and sudden. definitely one of the best ever.

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  • rockpants
    rockpants BC Posts: 838
    Sad news.

    With his legions of hardcore fans and 50 years of work, he'll never be forgotten, that's for sure. He was slated to receive the Mark Twain Prize at the Kennedy Center Honors later this year. Too bad it will now be a posthumous award.

    "George Carlin will be awarded the Mark Twain Prize for American Humor. The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts said yesterday that Carlin will be honored for his 50-year career as a Grammy-winning stand-up comedian, writer, and actor. He will be the 11th recipient of the award. It will be presented Nov. 10 at a tribute performance televised by PBS. Kennedy Center chairman Stephen Schwarzman says Carlin makes people laugh but also makes them think. Carlin has released 22 solo albums and three best-selling books. Past recipients of the prize include Billy Crystal, Whoopi Goldberg, Steve Martin, and Neil Simon. (AP)"
  • South of Seattle
    South of Seattle West Seattle Posts: 10,724
    R.I.P. George
    NERDS!
  • EvilMerlin
    EvilMerlin Posts: 1,865
    This saddens me quite a bit.

    Hopefully he died happy.
  • floyd11554
    floyd11554 Posts: 170
    rip george, you were the greatest! :(
    Strangers passing in the street
    By chance two separate glances meet
    And I am you and what I see is me
    And do I take you by the hand
    And lead you through the land
    And help me understand the best I can
    And no one calls us to the land
    And no one crosses there alive
    And no one speaks
    And no one tries
    And no one flies around the sun-echoes
  • LikeAnOcean
    LikeAnOcean Posts: 7,718
    He will be missed. :(
  • wolfbear
    wolfbear Posts: 3,965
    Sad news. He will indeed be missed.
    "I'd rather be with an animal." "Those that can be trusted can change their mind." "The in between is mine." "If I don't lose control, explore and not explode, a preternatural other plane with the power to maintain." "Yeh this is living." "Life is what you make it."
  • prism
    prism Posts: 2,440
    this is really sad.


    thanks for being so funny and making us laugh so much, George
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  • Drowned Out
    Drowned Out Posts: 6,056
    RIP George. I got butterflies when I read this thread title. What a loss. He was still razor sharp and funny as hell...

    He was just in my town this past winter, and I never went to see him...I remember telling my friends that I was an idiot, cause you never know how long he'll continue touring....he was getting up there....
    But I never expected this. Fuck.
    :(
    You'll be missed.
  • igotid88
    igotid88 Posts: 28,656
    Very, very, sad. :(
    I miss igotid88
  • Collin
    Collin Posts: 4,931
    RIP

    What a bummer, man!
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  • SENROCK
    SENROCK Posts: 10,736
    Definitely sadd news. A guy I used to date is in the mortuary transport business and he was the one that picked up georges body today. :(
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  • Ledbetterus
    Ledbetterus Posts: 592
    George Carlin wrote my bible. I lived by most of this guys words and will continue to do so. Since I heard I've been in a pretty bad mood, and every time I watch another youtube clip, I start laughing. What a guy! RIP George.

    And wherever you've gone, and wherever we might go, it don't seem fair, you seemed to like it here. Your light's reflected now, reflected from afar. We were but stones, your light made us stars...
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  • cuyler41
    cuyler41 Posts: 388
    He was a genius. Such a rare combo of smart and funny!
  • HushBull
    HushBull Posts: 996
    Wow, fucking wow. This is truly sad for us as a society, we lost another one of the good guys. Why could it not have been Pat Robertson...?
    Such a one of a kind, this is a changing of tides.
    "When the going gets weird, the weird turn pro"
  • Phantom Pain
    Phantom Pain Posts: 9,876
    Wow

    One of the best

    This sucks

    I'm glad I did get to see him live a few years ago in Atlantic City

    He will be missed...RIP George
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  • orig_long red
    orig_long red Posts: 2,029
    Noooooooooooooooooo!!!!!!
    Jam out with your clam out.
  • vitodacat
    vitodacat Posts: 475
    couldnt believe this when i saw it......one of my all time faves....RIP


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  • LONGRD
    LONGRD Posts: 6,036
    R.I.P. George.
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  • lukin2006
    lukin2006 Posts: 9,087
    RIP George, one of the best comedians ever.
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