R.i.p. 2008

[GorePhobia]

When I logged into my Yahoo mail today I saw the headline and it didn't register right away and then I did a double check and said, "No this can't be that didn't say Stan Winston did it?" Low and behold it did and for the rest of the day I was saddened. The man was a genius and such an inspiration to anyone who wanted to become someone in the film industry and he will be truly missed.

Here is to you, sir.

May you Rest In Peace.

[GorePhobia]

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.
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Carlin, who had a history of heart and drug-dependency problems, died at Saint 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 called "Seven Words You Can Never Say On Television." A regulatory battle over a radio broadcast of the routine ultimately reached the U.S. Supreme Court.

In the 1978 case, Federal Communications Commission vs. Pacifica Foundation, the top U.S. court ruled that the words cited in Carlin's routine were indecent, and that the government's broadcast regulator could ban them from being aired at times when children might be listening.

Carlin's comedic sensibility often came back to a central theme: humanity is doomed.

"I don't have any beliefs or allegiances. I don't believe in this country, I don't believe in religion, or a god, and I don't believe in all these man-made institutional ideas," he told Reuters in a 2001 interview.

Carlin, who wrote several books and performed in many television comedy specials, is survived by his wife Sally Wade, and daughter Kelly Carlin McCall.

(Reporting by Dean Goodman and Steve Gorman; Editing by Patricia Zengerle)

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080623/us_nm/carlin_dc

This truely is sad.

You will be missed, sir.

[neverending]

Oh no- truly shocking. I can't think of anyone besides Lenny Bruce who had as much influence on comedy in the modern age. An original thinker. Sad, sad news.

[Despare]

He was funny till' the end too... he will be missed.

[Freak]

A sad day for comedy.R.I.P Mr. Carlin.

[newb]

wow....a bit of a shocker .....very sad.
R.I.P. ....I salute you the only way I know

"Shit, Piss, Fuck, Cunt, CockSucker, MotherFucker, and Tits"

:(

[stubbornforgey]

All the above like what newb said.
A sad day indeed.

[GorePhobia]

I made this for anyone who would like to use it...

[ChronoGrl]

Unbelievable. This is actually making my eyes water a little bit...

Comedic genius.

[GorePhobia]

Originally Posted by ChronoGrl

Unbelievable. This is actually making my eyes water a little bit...

Comedic genius.

It's so very sad.

I have been up ALL NIGHT watching two of Carlin's HBO specials and now clips of him on Bill Maher.