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 (9 p.m. EDT) 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.
(Reporting by Dean Goodman; Editing by Patricia Zengerle)
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A great loss of one of the all time greats. I (and I know my bro) could sit and listen to him and Sam Kinnison all day long. I read his book Brain Droppings years ago. It is awesome, written just how he does is stnad up routines. Check it out sometime...
RIP Geroge!!!
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Posted on: Jun. 23 2008,1:35 pm
Had this sent to me this morning..
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MY NEXT LIFE By George Carlin
I want to live my next life backwards: You start out dead and get that out of the way. Then you wake up in a nursing home feeling better every day. Then you get kicked out for being too healthy. Enjoy your retirement and collect your pension. Then when you start work, you get a gold watch on your first day you work 40 years until you're too young to work. You get ready ;for High School: drink alcohol, party, and you're generally promiscuous. Then you go to primary school, you become a kid, you play, and you have no responsibilities. Then you become a baby, and then... You spend your last 9 months floating peacefully in luxury, in Spa-like conditions - central heating, room service on tap, and then... You finish off as an orgasm. I rest my case.
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Posted on: Jun. 23 2008,2:25 pm
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(Liberal @ Jun. 23 2008,1:17 pm)
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That's too bad I loved his jokes about words "Get on the Plane", "screw you, I'm gettin in the plane"
Probably from the same routine, I've always remembered the line 'would you REALLY want to take a non-stop flight?"
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About this time, someone is telling you to get on the plane. "Get on the plane. Get on the plane." I say, "##@! you, I'm getting IN the plane! IN the plane! Let Evil Knievel get ON the plane! I'll be in here with you folks in uniform! There seems to be less WIND in here!"
The full bit is hilarious, had forgot it till now.
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