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Kevin Roper, the 37-year-old Walmart truck driver who plowed into the limousine carrying Tracy Morgan and his entourage — killing comedian James “Jimmy Mack” MacNair on June 7, 2014, and seriously injuring Morgan, comedian Ardie Fuqua and Morgan’s assistant — pleaded guilty Tuesday to vehicular homicide and four counts of …
Two years ago this weekend, after a Friday night gig in Delaware, Tracy Morgan and his entourage were on their way home when a Walmart tractor trailer slammed into their SUV on the New Jersey Turnpike, killing comedian “Jimmy Mack” and almost killing Morgan and his opening act, Ardie Fuqua. …
Seeso continues to roll out new original streaming comedy series in its second month as a standalone paid subscription platform, announcing a March 17, 2016, start date for Bajillion Dollar Propertie$, Big Jay Oakerson’s What’s Your F@%king Deal?! and New York’s Funniest. The following week, Cameron Esposito’s debut stand-up special, Marriage …
Ardie Fuqua is a survivor. More than you may know, maybe; certainly more than he lets on. From the sometimes mean streets of Jersey City where he grew up, through the black circuit of comedy clubs up to the heights of the Comedy Cellar. From his 19-year-old son dying in …
The year 2016 may just be the year we’re all convinced to stop watching TV the traditional way, and Seeso will go a long way in convincing comedy fans to do just that — if they haven’t already. Seeso, NBCUniversal’s new digital comedy streaming platform, officially launches Jan. 7, 2016, …
Tracy Morgan surprised everyone at the Emmys last month by walking onstage to deliver the final TV awards of the live broadcast. On Monday night, Morgan made his first official stand-up comedy performances since almost dying in the June 2014 highway crash that killed his friend and writing partner, James …
Such a blessing and a treat even just to see photographs of Ardie Fuqua alive and smiling again, almost 13 months after a fatal crash on the New Jersey Turnpike killed comedian James “Jimmy Mack” McNair and almost killed Fuqua and Tracy Morgan. Fuqua might not have the boundless energy …
It has now been a year since the June 7, 2014, New Jersey Turnpike crash that killed comedian James “Jimmy Mack” McNair and almost killed Tracy Morgan, Ardie Fuqua and Morgan’s assistant, Jeffrey Millea. On May 27, Walmart — whose tractor-trailer driver had rear-ended the limo van carrying the comedians …
Just shy of the one-year anniversary of the fatal wreck on the New Jersey Turnpike that killed comedian “Jimmy Mack” and critically wounded Tracy Morgan, Ardie Fuqua and Morgan’s assistant, Walmart has completed out-of-court settlements with the trio of survivors. Papers were filed in federal court, with terms of the …
Walmart will pay out a $10 million settlement to the children of comedian James “Jimmy Mack” McNair, killed when a Walmart tractor trailer crashed into the SUV limo McNair was riding in last summer with Tracy Morgan and Ardie Fuqua along the New Jersey Turnpike. The Associated Press reported the …
