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LOS ANGELES (UPI) -- U.S. comedian and social commentator George
Carlin has died from heart failure in California, his publicist said.
"Entertainment Tonight" reported Carlin, 71, died Sunday night at
Saint John's Hospital in Santa Monica.
He had been the victim of several heart attacks and had a history of
heart disease, "ET" online reported. He went to the hospital Sunday
afternoon complaining of heart problems.
Carlin was famous for his controversial comedy routine "Seven Words
You Can Never Say on Television."
Carlin was the host of the premiere episode of "Saturday Night Live"
in 1975 and later starred in numerous HBO comedy specials. He also
appeared in the big-screen comedies "Bill & Ted's Excellent
Adventure," "Dogma" and "Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back."
Carlin, the author of the bestselling book "Brain Droppings," was to
receive the John F. Kennedy Center's Mark Twain Prize for American
Humor this fall.
"The world is a big theater-in-the round as far as I'm concerned, and
I'd love to watch it spin itself into oblivion," Carlin told Playboy
magazine in 2005. "Tune in and watch the human adventure.... That's
what I want heaven to be."
People.com said Carlin is survived by his wife, Sally Wade, and
daughter, Kelly Carlin McCall.