Posted on 11/29/2011 7:38:37 PM PST by OddLane
O'Neal suffered a stroke at the end of October, and details of the complications that led to his death have yet to be disclosed.
Late Night With Jimmy Fallon posted clips of O'Neal and this message on its website: "Today we found out the unfortunate news that comedian and friend of Late Night Patrice O'Neal passed away due to complications from a stroke. Patrice was an incredibly talented individual and a wonderful person and we were happy and fortunate to have him as a guest on our show."
(Excerpt) Read more at hollywoodreporter.com ...
Just damn.
“...who died Tuesday at the age of 41.” RIP
Wow. Very sad. Patrice had a terrific sense of humor, and a unique perspective on all sorts of subjects. What a shame. He will be missed.
Why even try to say anything profound in such a short space on such a lame part of the communication bandwidth?
My father and grandfather both died from complications of diabetes-among other things-but having a stroke at forty is a scary thought.
Huge talent just getting recognition....
Rest in Peace Patrice. You were so funny and you will be missed.
I've been listening to him since O&A were on terrestrial radio.
Amazing comedian.
I’m very sad about this.
Like you, I discovered Patrice from the O and A show.
Very very funny but also tremendously insightful and oh so politically incorrect! Great discussions about women, life, race, politics, everything between him and the guys on the show.
I actually hadn’t listened to O and A the last couple months as NFL season I listen to the NFL channel on Sirius all day. So I completely missed news of his stroke and complications and was extremely shocked to read of his death today.
Awful news. He truly was a unique talent and person
RIP.
I loved his out of control laugh when he really got going on O&A. There wasn’t a fake thing about him.
He was definitely genuine. To the point the guys often would get on him for not playing the “star” game better and becoming more famous. I remember he had a hilarious riff once about his problem was he was neither “black famous” (like Tyler Perry) or just plain famous (like Chris Rock).
geez. pathetic that we had to delete some stupid response.
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