George Carlin Dies (someone ppl give a shit about)

BBC NEWS | Entertainment | US comedian George Carlin dies

comedian George Carlin, best known for his Seven Words You Can Never Say On TV routine, has died of heart failure aged 71.

The star was admitted to a hospital in Los Angeles on Sunday with chest pains and died later that day.

Jack Burns, Carlin's comedy partner in the early 1960s, told the Associated Press agency: "He was a genius and I will miss him dearly."

Carlin performed as recently as last weekend in Las Vegas.

Anti-Establishment icon

The star, who had a history of heart problems, was scheduled to receive the John F Kennedy Center's prestigious Mark Twain Prize for American Humour in November.

Carlin became known for his unpredictable performances and for pushing boundaries during his 50-year career.

He achieved status as an anti-Establishment icon in the 1970s with his provocative and controversial acts.

His Seven Words routine led to his arrest in 1972 for disturbing the peace after he performed the act at a show in Milwaukee.

George Carlin
Carlin became known for his edgy and provocative performances

The same routine, which was played on a New York radio station, resulted in a Supreme Court ruling in 1978 upholding the government's authority to sanction stations for broadcasting offensive language.

Carlin produced 23 comedy albums, 14 HBO specials, three books, a couple of TV shows and appeared in several movies.

He also hosted the first broadcast of Saturday Night Live, won four Grammy Awards - each for best spoken comedy album - and was nominated for five Emmys.

Drug addiction plagued him for much of his life, beginning with marijuana experimentation as a teenager.

During the 1970s he began using cocaine and prescription painkillers.

He racked up debt during that time and ended up owing about $3m in back taxes.

In 2004, he entered a Los Angeles rehab clinic for his alcohol and Vicodin abuse.

Carlin is survived by his second wife Sally Wade; daughter Kelly Carlin McCall; and brother Patrick.

His first wife, Brenda, died of cancer in 1997.

he was a good person my dad liked him alot rip george

:( george was the shit

Hilarious guy tho a tad bit obnoxious. This is rather sad. Even ESPN was really talkin about this

Dude was a genius man, real funny. Gonna be missed for real.

Probably one of the best comedians of all time...

RIP

rip george, a lotta people gonna miss him...

Co-sign......R.I.P. :(

not my kind of comedian but R.I.P

R.I.P. George Carlin the funniest mufucker ever, made way for comedians like richard pryor, dennis leary , and dave chappelle just to name a few. made the word fuck not as abrassive to many people and opened peoples eyes to the bull shit media companies try to do to consumers.

he wasnt just a comedian, he was a scholar, a poet and a philosopher.

although he didnt belive in heaven im sure hes there telling god about the many uses of the word fuck.
R.I.P

now this deaths real sad, cuz ur prolly never gon see a comedian like this nomore...he wuz also a philosopher,which he taught mixing it with comedy to reach to people..basically he wuz one of kind..even though he audience wuz pretty big, i think more people shouda been be listening to him,becuase he wuz pretty much the best comedian ever..or at least up there with the best..