Comedian George Carlin dies in L.A.

[kcvl]

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 (2 a.m. British time) 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.

[Slings and Arrows]

Very sad ping.

[Clemenza]

Several threads on this already.

BTW: add me to your ping list. :-)

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N O!!!!!

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Tonight’s forecast: Dark

With him gone, tomorrow’s looking pretty gloomy too.

[Liberty Valance]

Rest in peace George Carlin.

[Slings and Arrows]

This was the first one I saw.

Yer added.

[Uncle Ralph]

Thanks, Mr. George Carlin, for all the laughs. Somehow I know you’ll keep ‘em angels gigglin’ where you’re going.

[MeekOneGOP]

Oh, my.

Seven nice words for George from me...

Rest in peace, George. Love ya, man!

[Old Seadog]

"The Hippy Dippy Weatherman"

[MeekOneGOP]

... and thanks for the post and ping here!

[MeekOneGOP]

"The Hippy Dippy Weatherman"

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... with the hippy, dippy weather, man !!!

[BuckeyeForever]

You wrote: “Thanks, Mr. George Carlin, for all the laughs. Somehow I know you’ll keep ‘em angels gigglin’ where you’re going.”
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Carlin would probably get a chuckle out of this post. He was an avowed atheist who mocked religion frequently in his routines and writings. Not that there is anything wrong with that. But I doubt he ever thought he would go to an imaginary heaven or see imaginary angels.

[MeekOneGOP]

http://dmdb.org/cgi-bin/plinfo_view.pl?SYN060503

[Uncle Ralph]

I knows it was angels I heard tonight cuz worms got no sense of humor at-all.

[ICE-FLYER]

I won’t be crying for this man.

Sorry for his family.

[Mila]

"The Hippy Dippy Weatherman"

Al Sleet

[Daffynition]

Thanks for the sad heads-up S&A.

“Frisbeetarianism is the belief that when you die, your soul goes up on the roof and gets stuck.” ~ The late, great George Carlin

[preacher]

George Carlin- Newscast 1967

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yakmPBachUE