Day: March 15, 2013

Scott Kennedy died unexpectedly on Thursday. The stand-up comedian, known for leading dozens of stand-up comedy tours to American military bases in Iraq and Afghanistan over the past decade, was in his 40s. Scott Kennedy began his comedy career in his hometown of Lubbock, Texas, in 1989, when a friend entered him in an amateur comedy competition. Kennedy soon became part of the Houston comedy scene at the Laff Stop. From his own bio, as referenced also on Comedy Central (where he performed a half-hour Comedy Central Presents in 2004), Kennedy noted: “Not surprised that I do stand-up comedy, I was...