George Carlin Passes Away at Age 71
Heart failure takes the life of the man of 'Seven Words'
I am currently prepping my mid-2008 features and one part of it is going to detail the folks we have lost already this year and the list is crazy. Seriously, as I was putting it together I took a look back at last year and it seems as if this year looked at prior years as competition. Not only are we losing thousands of soldiers abroad we are losing several folks from the public eye almost on a daily basis. We have recently lost Sydney Pollack, Stan Winston and Tim Russert and now today we learn that George Carlin has left us as well.
I was never a huge follower of Carlin's comedy, but it would be irresponsible not to recognize him as a comedic pioneer especially with his stand out routine "Seven Words That Can Never Be Said on Television."
Carlin passed away on Sunday according to his publicist, Jeff Abraham. He was 71. The "New York Times" is reporting the cause of death was heart failure, according to Mr. Abraham.
The "Times" has a nice write-up on Carlin which you can read here and you can take a look back at my favorite piece of Carlin history just below.
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He was a gifted comic and a passionate political advacate. We will all miss him.
As lame as it is to admit a celeb’s death upsets me, I confess this one has–although George Carlin would be the first to roll his eyes and deride such whiney, mawkish bullshit. But. Sometimes you can't avoid it.
I started listening and watching Carlin’s act at an age that’d make most uptight, baby proofing buzzkills condemn my parents as degenerates for allowing their young son to hear such filth.
Oh, but the filth was genius. Poetic. Honest and true. And my parents knew I'd be better off from listening to it. Carlin was a writer’s comedian, a cunning linguist. Yet, he was also an astute observer of human nature, often commenting on the darkest parts of it, the type of hard truths we seldom acknowledge exist within ourselves. He was a rare, half-crazed mutineer against the status quo, a man who could pry humor from chaos and nihilism.
Carlin heavily influenced my sense of humor and philosophy towards life. And I am truly upset by his death. Yet, he leaves a legacy of laughter and insights that few in our lifetimes will match.