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George Carlin: May 1937 – June 2008

Posted by Mr. O on Monday, 23 June 2008 – 12:40 AM

Reuters via MSNBC

LOS ANGELES – 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 Sunday, a spokesman said. He was was 71.

Carlin, who had a history of heart problems, died at St. John’s Health Center in Santa Monica about 6 p.m. PT after being admitted earlier in the afternoon for chest pains, spokesman Jeff Abraham told Reuters.

Rest in peace, sir.


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  1. 1. Abdul Alhazred Said:

    Does it make me a bad person if I think George Carlin started not being funny around 1980?

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