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Posted Mar 11th 2007 5:32PM by Joel Keller
Filed under: Other Comedy Shows, Celebrities, Obituaries
Wow. Here's a shocker for a Sunday afternoon: Comedian
Richard Jeni has passed away from an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound. He was
45 years old
(Update: Jeni's web site cites his year of birth as 1957).
According to
this AP report (via CNN), Jeni's girlfriend called police and told them "my boyfriend shot himself in the face." Jeni was found in a West Hollywood home barely alive, and he died in the hospital soon afterwards.
You've likely seen Jeni many times, as a guest on various talk shows (he appeared on
The Tonight Show often, with both Johnny Carson and Jay Leno), or on HBO specials like
Platypus Man or last year's
A Big Steaming Pile of Me. He first appeared nationally on a 1990 Showtime special entitled
Richard Jeni: Boy From New York City.
Continue reading Comedian Richard Jeni dead from an apparent suicide
Posted Jan 14th 2006 7:04PM by Annie Wu
Filed under: Other Comedy Shows, Talent, Programming, Web
Dane Cook just revealed a big secret to his fans on his
MySpace and
website:
he's going to have his very own HBO special! In case you didn't know, an
SNL guest spot (which Dane has
already conquered... in fact,
his appearance created the highest ratings for the show in two years) and an HBO special are two huge milestones in any
comedian's career. Dane will return to his hometown of Boston on April 15, 2006 for the taping (in the massive TD
Banknorth Garden) and, as of right now, you can take advantage of the pre-sale by
coming here and using the password SUFI (Su-Fi is short for
"super-finger"... learn more
about it
here).
Mister Dane Cook, I offer you a hearty congratulations and a fully-deserved "rok on"
Su-Fi.
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