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Comedian George Carlin dies in L.A.
Posted on 06/22/2008 10:33:17 PM PDT by 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.
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posted on
06/22/2008 10:33:17 PM PDT
by
kcvl
To: kcvl; MeekOneGOP; Conspiracy Guy; DocRock; King Prout; Darksheare; OSHA; martin_fierro; ...
Very sad ping.
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posted on
06/22/2008 10:46:43 PM PDT
by
Slings and Arrows
("Code Pink should guard against creating stereotypes in the Mincing Community." --Titan Magroyne)
To: Slings and Arrows
Several threads on this already.
BTW: add me to your ping list. :-)
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posted on
06/22/2008 10:49:10 PM PDT
by
Clemenza
(No Comment)
To: kcvl
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posted on
06/22/2008 10:49:22 PM PDT
by
null and void
(every Muslim, the minute he can start differentiating, carries hate of Americans, Jews & Christians)
To: kcvl
Tonight’s forecast: Dark
With him gone, tomorrow’s looking pretty gloomy too.
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posted on
06/22/2008 10:50:29 PM PDT
by
null and void
(every Muslim, the minute he can start differentiating, carries hate of Americans, Jews & Christians)
To: kcvl
Rest in peace George Carlin.
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posted on
06/22/2008 10:52:35 PM PDT
by
Liberty Valance
(Keep a simple manner for a happy life :o)
To: Clemenza
This was the first one I saw.
Yer added.
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posted on
06/22/2008 11:00:16 PM PDT
by
Slings and Arrows
("Code Pink should guard against creating stereotypes in the Mincing Community." --Titan Magroyne)
To: kcvl
Thanks, Mr. George Carlin, for all the laughs. Somehow I know you’ll keep ‘em angels gigglin’ where you’re going.
To: Slings and Arrows
Oh, my.
Seven nice words for George from me...
Rest in peace, George. Love ya, man!
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posted on
06/22/2008 11:26:53 PM PDT
by
MeekOneGOP
(McRINO needs reach across the aisle to Conservatives for a CHANGE! Dang him!!!)
To: kcvl
"The Hippy Dippy Weatherman"
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posted on
06/22/2008 11:28:03 PM PDT
by
Old Seadog
(Inside every old person is a young person saying "WTF happened?".)
To: kcvl; Slings and Arrows; devolve
... and thanks for the post and ping here!
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posted on
06/22/2008 11:31:41 PM PDT
by
MeekOneGOP
(McRINO needs reach across the aisle to Conservatives for a CHANGE! Dang him!!!)
To: Old Seadog
"The Hippy Dippy Weatherman" - - - - - - - - -
... with the hippy, dippy weather, man !!!
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posted on
06/22/2008 11:32:48 PM PDT
by
MeekOneGOP
(McRINO needs reach across the aisle to Conservatives for a CHANGE! Dang him!!!)
To: Uncle Ralph
You wrote: “Thanks, Mr. George Carlin, for all the laughs. Somehow I know youll keep em angels gigglin where youre 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.
To: kcvl
http://dmdb.org/cgi-bin/plinfo_view.pl?SYN060503
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posted on
06/22/2008 11:44:31 PM PDT
by
MeekOneGOP
(McRINO needs reach across the aisle to Conservatives for a CHANGE! Dang him!!!)
To: BuckeyeForever
I knows it was angels I heard tonight cuz worms got no sense of humor at-all.
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To: kcvl
I won’t be crying for this man.
Sorry for his family.
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posted on
06/23/2008 1:56:48 AM PDT
by
ICE-FLYER
(God bless and keep the United States of America)
To: Old Seadog
"The Hippy Dippy Weatherman"
Al Sleet
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posted on
06/23/2008 2:01:42 AM PDT
by
Mila
To: Slings and Arrows; BuckeyeForever; Uncle Ralph
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
To: Mila
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posted on
06/23/2008 2:23:27 AM PDT
by
preacher
(A government which robs from Peter to pay Paul will always have the support of Paul.)
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