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Comedian Greg Giraldo died today after being hospitalized on Saturday for an accidental prescription drug overdose.
As well as being a talented stand-up, he was also a frequent Howard Strern Show guest, a cast member of Lewis Black's brilliant, yet unappreciated Root of All Evil, a regular on the Comedy Central Celebrity Roasts, and a judge on Last Comic Standing.
As a huge stand-up fan, I'd been following Mr. Giraldo's career for the last few years. He wasn't the type who was likely to branch out into sitcoms and feature films, but as far as I'm concerned, that just means that his art remained pure and sharp(if you ever saw Bob Saget or Roseanne do stand-up before they got tv shows, then you know what I'm talking about).
Celebrity or not, he was a talented writer and performer, and he has left us far too soon.
Here he is doing what he did best at the recent Comedy Central Roast of David Hasselhoff:
He will be greatly missed.
As well as being a talented stand-up, he was also a frequent Howard Strern Show guest, a cast member of Lewis Black's brilliant, yet unappreciated Root of All Evil, a regular on the Comedy Central Celebrity Roasts, and a judge on Last Comic Standing.
As a huge stand-up fan, I'd been following Mr. Giraldo's career for the last few years. He wasn't the type who was likely to branch out into sitcoms and feature films, but as far as I'm concerned, that just means that his art remained pure and sharp(if you ever saw Bob Saget or Roseanne do stand-up before they got tv shows, then you know what I'm talking about).
Celebrity or not, he was a talented writer and performer, and he has left us far too soon.
Here he is doing what he did best at the recent Comedy Central Roast of David Hasselhoff:
He will be greatly missed.
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