I mentioned this last night on my other Blog, “Chuck’s Place”, But I think it is worth reporting here as well.
Yesterday, a Comedy Legend left us. George Carlin Passed away from Heart Failure.
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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.
You know, not to editorialize or anything like that, but George Carlin was just funny, damn funny. Whatever you thought about his politics is irrelevant at this point.
There were two types of Comedians, one’s who took the high road, and those who just didn’t give a rats ass and did what they wanted. George Carlin was the second type. He broke rules, pushed buttons, general made the entertainment establishment very uncomfortable. He followed Lenny Bruce’s lead. He also ended up in jail, because some fascist pig decided that George’s comedy was too dirty.
George represented what the good majority of America people were thinking, it was just turned up, really, really loud.
It is always been said, that the schmucks live forever and the good guys die young. George’s death proves that.
Rest in Peace.
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