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I’ve just been told by a source that George Carlin died this evening. This is indeed shocking. Last week, it was announced that on November 10th the veteran comic whose infamous “Filthy Words” routine reached all the way to the U.S. Supreme Court would be the 11th person inducted into the John F Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts’ pantheon of humor and receive this year’s Mark Twain Prize for American Humor. (Past winners include Richard Pryor, Whoopi Goldberg, Lily Tomlin and Steve Martin.) Reuters now also has Carlin’s death, reporting that he died at St. John’s Hospital in Santa Monica of heart failure at age 71. Hollywood has long loved Carlin as a gentle and considerate man. But what the funnyman courageously did to fight censorship over the airwaves on radio and television is the legacy he leaves behind for the entertainment and media biz.
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the first of my heroes now dead, i feel a loss probably for the first time in my life.
Rest in Peace George.
RIP George
Carlin was definately one of the greatest comedians of all time and will be missed. My sympathies go out to his family, friends, and fans.
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He is my first hero…and I grew up synchronizing my anger, summoning conclusions to my adolescent thinking about America via his poetic pronouncements.
Tilting at ominous windmills for more than 50 years, once he began to combine social commentary with an irreverent comic timing, he found an enduring, inimitable American voice. He was to those who grew up after the Kennedy assasinations what Will Rogers was to a previous, more innocent generation.
I first heard Carlin perform in my 10th grade media class in 1972, (the teacher wanted to keep us restless students docile, I guess) and I can remember he kept me laughing so hard I cried. Carlin was irreverent and God knows we (I) needed someone like this to make sense of the depressed state of things.
When I heard he had died, I watched the video from his cable special ‘Life is Worth Losing’ produced in 2006. He appears to have aged (he was @ 69) and he stumbles a bit, and is less energetic. His addictive behaviors, as well as his heart problems, were public record. For more on this man’s life in his words, ..see http://www.carlin.com (timeline)
George refined the word ‘patriot’ though he would probably have disagreed with this statement; but you have to give him his due: you have to really listen to him and in the context of his times, and know that America meant something more to him than the ‘average’ American, in the time he grew up, patriot was a respected term, meaning dissenter.
And no entertainer could descend more extensively into the foibles of the American politic, cultural hypocrisy or delve into idioms of …stupidity
better than Carlin.
Although he skewered American culture on stage and on record, Carlin was a fierce defender of free speech and a friend of freedom; we were blessed to expereince his profound talent and will not know of his kind again soon.
There is a line from Barry Lopez’s short story ‘The Mappist,’ in which Corliss Benevideo, the protagonist and patriot, says,…”…I’ve nothing agaisnt human passion, human longing. What I oppose is blind devotion to progress, and the venality of material wealth. If we’re going to trade the priceless for the common, I want to know exactly what the terms are.”
George Carlin was a great American mind and social critic who found his following as a provacateur hipster in disguise. We grieve his loss.
Miss you George. A great IRISH POET
George. You are the father of “Modern” comedy. So many comics owe you for the freedom they have today. You will be missed and never forgotten. And remember….It’s ok to prick your finger…but NEVER finger your prick!
miss ya George… I promise to remove you from my address book on the sixth day… sleep well… and make sure to tell god he doesn’t exist for us
Sadly, this will be the first “Mark Twain Prize for American Humor” to be awarded posthumously.
And in looking over the list of previous honorees, how the FUCK do Whoopi Goldberg, Lily Tomlin, Billy Crystal and Lorne Michaels merit an award recognizing literate American humor before George “Words” Carlin?
RIP George. I never was able to see him live, just my luck, but I was always in front of the tv when his specials were on. No one has made me laugh like he did. I loved his views on life and his play with words. I will greatly miss him,the world will never be the same with out him. My heart goes out to his family and friend. Ill miss you George!!
There will never be a greater comedian than George Carlin.
George Carlin was not only a great comedian, but a great man as well. I finally got a job where I thought I could save up enough money to go see one of his shows. I wish I could have made it. I am truly sad to see him go. George if you can see this from where you are at. Rest in peace, and I will catch that show in a couple of decades.
Jesus, George Carlin, Stan Winston, Sydney Pollack, all in the last month. There are a great number of rotten bastards in Hollywood (and elsewhere) who deserve horrible deaths instead of these pros. Rest in peace, guys.
Sir George Carlin my respects to you and your family you will be missed!
He Was Here Just A Minute Ago — (his words)
Very few people I can say I respect and enjoy sharing the planet with // George Carlin was truly one of those without question.
I related to him in many ways //
He was a groundbreaking comedian and satirist, and definitely one of a kind.
RIP George.
Whenever I felt down I would pick up one of his books and open to whichever page I got by chance and there would always be something that cracked me up. One of a kind he was very important to me and I will really miss him.
All of the comments made on the site are touching and I have tear drops dropping on my desk as I write this.
wow , died at 71 he must have pissed off some God , nah i think he’s in heaven pulling pranks on Jesus, Rest in Peace , You were great ,
his rant on religion goes down as the most honest, insightful and spot on factual take down of the entire institution. This is a huge loss.
He is and will always be one of the greatest, and will live on in his legacy. George was a great influence for me, and brought forth such inspiration. He’s greatly loved and as much will be missed. We love you GC, R.I.P.
A motherfucking king, shit.
shit ,p iss,f uck,c unt,c ocksucker,mother f ucker,t its,f art,t urd,t wat…..george is gone. what a loss, r.i.p…buddy
I’ll come to see your show live on the other side someday, keep going on, buddy.
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So long George Carlin. Farewell. You’ve lived your life so well. May your legacy endure in the history of humanity.
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Goodbye George. You will be forever remembered and missed.
If it is at all possible to love somebody that you never met just for what they said and did then it had to be George Carlin. He was quite possibly the most amazing social commentator and straight out class clown of his time. In all likelihood an atheist through to the end he’ll still have the afterlife that he would have wanted to live on in the memories of millions.
He’ll be missed.
I’ll always wonder if he died laughing at Gordon Ramsay’s Kitchen! Coz I’m pretty sure Gordon uses all seven words during the first five minutes.