Before I start this out, I must ask this one question: Is it just me, or is this a year where all these famous people are dying? It was about ten days ago that it was announced that Tim Russert of NBC’s “Meet The Press” had died of a heart attack. Russert had died at the age of 58.
Back at the end of May, Academy Award-winning director Sydney Pollack had passed away at the age of 73. He was known for directing such notable films like “Tootsie.”
Now, it is Award-winning comedian George Carlin who is pushing up the daisies. Carlin was 71 years of age, when he died. According to Carlin’s publicist, he had died of heart failure. However, Carlin is known to have had heart trouble for the longest time. On Sunday, June 22, Carlin went to St. John’s Health Center in Santa Monica, California for chest pains. A few hours later, Carlin had died.
For those familiar with Carlin’s works on stage, he was known for using profanity. Carlin has dropped the F-bomb so many times. Despite the use of profanity, Carlin was a big force in the word of comedy.
Carlin is most known for the “Seven Words You Can Never Say on Television.” Those words sparked a lot of controversy in the past.
This November, he was set to receive the 2008 Mark Twain Prize for American Humor in Washington, DC.
Asides from comedy, Carlin has been known for such roles as: Rufus from “Bill and Ted’s Excellent Adventure,” Cardinal Ignatius Glick from “Dogma,” the hitchhiker from “Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back,” and a bunch of other notable roles. I found the hitchhiker role to be pretty funny.
But, he will be missed.