The Definitive Guide to Comedy
Gallagher, a joke-teller, showman and prop comic born Leo Anthony Gallagher, Jr., died Nov. 11, 2022, in hospice care in Palm Desert, Calif. He was 76. Gallagher had suffered multiple heart attacks over the years, perhaps most seriously a decade ago — in 2011, he collapsed onstage during a show; …
Pigs. Stud puppets. Love buckets. We are gathered here together to mourn the passing of Judy Tenuta, the love goddess, the petite flower of stand-up comedy, who died Thursday from ovarian cancer. Tenuta was 72. Who else could formally launch Comedy Central in July of 1991 by riding the “New …
Jak Knight had to wait outside The Comedy Store for his big break. Not yet 21, Knight had sprinted down Sunset Boulevard from an early spot at The Laugh Factory upon hearing Dave Chappelle was performing at the Store — only to watch the goings-on in the “O.R.” from the …
Stand-up comedian and actor Louie Anderson died Jan. 21, 2022, after being hospitalized in Las Vegas for DLBCL Diffuse large B cell lymphoma. Anderson was 68. Born March 24, 1953, as Louie Perry Anderson, the second-youngest of 11 children grew up in St. Paul., Minn. He began his comedy career …
Robert Lane Saget, known around the world as comedian and TV star Bob Saget, died Sunday after the first weekend of his 2022 stand-up comedy tour. He was 65. Authorities summoned to his hotel room in Orlando, Fla., where he was declared dead, found “no signs of foul play or …
Ricarlo Flanagan was supposed to drop a new album today. But yesterday, friends and family mourned the comedian, actor and rapper, who died from COVID-19. Flanagan was 40. Originally from Ohio, Flanagan moved to Detroit in 2006 to advance his comedy and musical aspirations. He released his debut comedy album, …
At least three comedians have died from COVID-19 in August after attending The Clean Comedy Challenge at Gutty’s Comedy Club in Indiana. Rest in peace to Ron Barnett, Jason T. Goodall, and Patrick Andonie. Who knows how many others in this photo have gotten sick or may die from this. …
Trevor Moore, the affable frontman of The Whitest Kids U’ Know who went on to make multiple solo comedy specials, co-create two Disney comedy series, and host an online talk show for Comedy Central, has died after a freak accident. Moore was 41. Moore’s death was confirmed Saturday by his …
Jackie Mason, a Tony and Emmy-winning stand-up comedian so identified with Yiddish humor he named his YouTube channel, “TheUltimateJew,” died on Saturday at Mt. Sinai Hospital in Manhattan. Mason was 93. Mason won a Special Tony Award in 1987 for his first one-man show on Broadway, The World According to …
Carl LaBove died today following a long battle with cancer. He was 62. LaBove, an original founding member of “The Outlaws of Comedy,” was born in Fort Worth, Texas, and grew up a military child, seeing the world, before landing back in Texas as a teen to begin his comedy …
