
Comedian George Carlin, a devout atheist and lover of foul words, died last night from heart failure at the age of 71. Carlin checked into St. John’s Health Center in Santa Monica on Sunday afternoon complaining of chest pains before dying later that evening, his publicist, Jeff Abraham said. Carlin broke out in the ‘60s and was very influenced by the counterculture. He pissed off a lot of people, much like his idol Lenny Bruce, with his brazen approach to comedy. He wasn’t afraid to talk about Vietnam or the drugs kids were experimenting with, and during his 40 plus years as a comedian he never stopped talking about war, politics, drugs and religion, offering hilarious yet insightful arguments against everything that he felt was morally corrupt with society.
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