Manjunath Naidu died onstage during stand-up performance in Dubai
by Manjunath Naidu, an Indian stand-up comedian born in Abu Dhabi, collapsed and died onstage during a performance over the weekend in Dubai. Naidu was only …
Tag: R.I.P.
R.I.P. Rip Torn (1931-2019)
Rip Torn was not a comedian, per se. Torn was a Texan, though, true and through. Born Elmore Rual Torn, Jr. on Feb. 6, 1931 …
Disney Channel launches comedy writing scholarship in tribute to Eunetta T. Boone
Aspiring TV comedy writers have a new career path open to them, thanks to the new Eunetta T. Boone Comedy Writer’s Scholarship, established by the …
R.I.P. Arte Johnson (1929-2019)
One star was painfully absent from this year’s Still Laugh-In tribute on Netflix, and that’s because Arte Johnson was in too much pain and sickness …
#RIP Sammy Shore, co-founder of The Comedy Store, at 92
Sammy Shore, the stand-up comedian who founded The Comedy Store in West Hollywood with his wife Mitzi in 1972 before giving her complete ownership in …
R.I.P. Tim Conway (1933-2019)
Tim Conway, simply one of the funniest individuals to perform on television, has died after a long illness. Conway was 85. Born in 1933 outside …
R.I.P. Ian Cognito, English comedian dies onstage from heart attack
English stand-up comedian Ian Cognito died Thursday night while performing a gig onstage in the town of Bicester, suffering a fatal heart attack. Cognito was …
R.I.P. Steven Brody Stevens, dead at 48
Brody Stevens was bombing, but all of the comedians were howling. I could’ve been talking about a show last week, or last year, but this …
R.I.P. Penny Marshall
Comedic actress and director Penny Marshall has died. Marshall was 75. She died peacefully Monday night in her Hollywood Hills home, from complications due to …
R.I.P. Coolaide
The comedian Coolaide, a Detroit native who performed on BET’s ComicView and Bill Bellamy’s Who’s Got Jokes? and was touring with Lil Duval, died earlier …