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   He always looked old to me... he lived a hard life I thought.  I   
   remember the Class Clown record very well (it's where as kids we   
   learned adult humor).   
      
   On Mon, 23 Jun 2008 00:59:15 -0700 (PDT), Bob <4WickedGood@gmail.com>   
   wrote:   
      
   >LOS ANGELES, California (CNN) -- Comedian-actor George Carlin, know   
   >for his raunchy, but insightful humor, died Sunday in Los Angeles, his   
   >publicist said. He was 71.   
   >   
   >Jeff Abraham says Carlin went into St. John's Health Center on Sunday   
   >afternoon, complaining of chest pain. Carlin died at 5:55 p.m. PDT,   
   >the Associated Press reported.   
   >   
   >Carlin, who had a history of heart trouble, performed as recently as   
   >last weekend at the Orleans Casino and Hotel in Las Vegas.   
   >   
   >Carlin was best known for his routine "Seven Words You Can Never Say   
   >On Television," which appeared 1972's "Class Clown" album.   
   >   
   >When Carlin uttered all seven at a show in Milwaukee in 1972, he was   
   >arrested for disturbing the peace, the AP reported. The comedy sketch   
   >prompted a landmark indecency case after WBAI-FM radio aired it in   
   >1973.   
   >   
   >The case was appealed to the U.S. Supreme Court where the justices   
   >ruled on a 5-to-4 vote that the sketch was "indecent but not obscene,"   
   >giving the FCC broad leeway to determine what constituted indecency on   
   >the airwaves.   
   >   
   >"So my name is a footnote in American legal history, which I'm   
   >perversely kind of proud of," Carlin said. "In the context of that   
   >era, it was daring."   
   >   
   >"It just sounds like a very self-serving kind of word. I don't want to   
   >go around describing myself as a 'groundbreaker' or a 'difference-   
   >maker' because I'm not and I wasn't," he said. "But I contributed to   
   >people who were saying things that weren't supposed to be said."   
   >Watch Carlin's 7 dirty words routine »   
   >   
   >Carlin, who was also an author, was slated to receive the 2008 Mark   
   >Twain Prize for American Humor in November.   
   >   
   >"In his length career as a comedian, writer, and actor, George Carlin   
   >has not only made us laugh, but he makes us think," Stephen   
   >Schwarzman, Kennedy Center chairman, said in a statement. "His   
   >influence on the next generation of comics has been far-reaching."   
   >   
   >In a typical wry response, Carlin said: "Thank you Mr. Twain. Have   
   >your people call my people."   
   >   
   >Carlin hosted the first broadcast of "Saturday Night Live" in October   
   >1975.   
   >   
   >He played the character of Mr. Conductor on the PBS series "Shining   
   >Time Station" and starred in more than a dozen HBO specials. Carlin   
   >was also a regular on The Tonight Show.   
      
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