George Carlin's Fucking Dead

[Servo2000]

LOS ANGELES - 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 Sunday, a spokesman said. He was was 71.

Carlin, who had a history of heart problems, died at St. John's Health Center in Santa Monica about 6 p.m. PT 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.

There we go.

[geekbonchic]

Man, only thing I would want to say to him would be, "Go to hell, you cocksucker."

[Vs Toto]

:(:(:(

[Mattis]

The master. Very sad.

[julzkind]

rip....

[DrMoBueno]

horrible news

[inaya]

RIP mr. carlin

[Bona Drag]

i didn't fully realize how he transformed his act/material from pretty mainstream stuff to what he became famous for until i read the obit

he was a huge talent, and an important cultural force - i guess you could call him one of the punk rockers of comedy, along with pryor

he'll be missed

[mrip]

someone make it happen

[DrMoBueno]

bullshit guys like carlin and bill hicks are dead, leaving us with dane cook and his damn grilled cheese jokes.

unfair he died of cancer in a hospital instead of a hotel room with 5 hookers and mountain of blow.

[broneck]

heart failure.

thank god we still have Louis CK and Patton Oswalt

[jun41]

This thread should be longer.

Carlin was a master of words and had an amazing perspective on a whole bunch of shiat.

Fuck that sucks.