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**ob1** · 06-23-2008

LOS ANGELES (Associated Press) -- George Carlin, the frenzied performer whose routine "Seven Words You Can Never Say On Television" led to a key Supreme Court ruling on obscenity, has died.

Carlin, who had a history of heart trouble, went into St. John's Health Center in Santa Monica on Sunday afternoon complaining of chest pain and died later that evening, said his publicist, Jeff Abraham. He had performed as recently as last weekend at the Orleans Casino and Hotel in Las Vegas. He was 71.

"He was a genius and I will miss him dearly," Jack Burns, who was the other half of a comedy duo with Carlin in the early 1960s, told The Associated Press.

Carlin's jokes constantly breached the accepted boundaries of comedy and language, particularly with his routine on the "Seven Words" _ all of which are taboo on broadcast TV and radio to this day.

When he uttered all seven at a show in Milwaukee in 1972, he was arrested on charges of disturbing the peace, freed on $150 bail and exonerated when a Wisconsin judge dismissed the case, saying it was indecent but citing free speech and the lack of any disturbance.

When the words were later played on a New York radio station, they resulted in a 1978 Supreme Court ruling upholding the government's authority to sanction stations for broadcasting offensive language during hours when children might be listening.

"So my name is a footnote in American legal history, which I'm perversely kind of proud of," he told The Associated Press earlier this year.

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**Bud** · 06-23-2008

He will forever be a legend!

**mike** · 06-23-2008

Alot of comedians learned from him !!!

**ob1** · 06-23-2008

Indeed...I seen him a few years ago when he came to Omaha...a comedic genius.

**Thender** · 06-23-2008

Loved his bits...

lilyvon schtupp · 06-23-2008

awwww, shit

06-23-2008	#1
ob1 kenobi Listens: Z92 - Mornings Join Date: May 2005 Age: 38 Posts: 7,290 Throcks: 3,114.25 Thanks: 1,421 Thanked 3,619 Times in 704 Posts	Comedian and satirist George Carlin dies at 71 LOS ANGELES (Associated Press) -- George Carlin, the frenzied performer whose routine "Seven Words You Can Never Say On Television" led to a key Supreme Court ruling on obscenity, has died. Carlin, who had a history of heart trouble, went into St. John's Health Center in Santa Monica on Sunday afternoon complaining of chest pain and died later that evening, said his publicist, Jeff Abraham. He had performed as recently as last weekend at the Orleans Casino and Hotel in Las Vegas. He was 71. "He was a genius and I will miss him dearly," Jack Burns, who was the other half of a comedy duo with Carlin in the early 1960s, told The Associated Press. Carlin's jokes constantly breached the accepted boundaries of comedy and language, particularly with his routine on the "Seven Words" _ all of which are taboo on broadcast TV and radio to this day. When he uttered all seven at a show in Milwaukee in 1972, he was arrested on charges of disturbing the peace, freed on $150 bail and exonerated when a Wisconsin judge dismissed the case, saying it was indecent but citing free speech and the lack of any disturbance. When the words were later played on a New York radio station, they resulted in a 1978 Supreme Court ruling upholding the government's authority to sanction stations for broadcasting offensive language during hours when children might be listening. "So my name is a footnote in American legal history, which I'm perversely kind of proud of," he told The Associated Press earlier this year. === Full Article: http://omaha.cox.net/cci/entertainme...alidatearticle

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mike BOOOOOOOOOOOOBIES!!!!!!!! !!!!!!! Listens: Z92 - Mornings Join Date: May 2005 Age: 36 Posts: 15,609 Throcks: 2,538.58 Thanks: 18,995 Thanked 11,203 Times in 2,595 Posts	Re: Comedian and satirist George Carlin dies at 71 Alot of comedians learned from him !!! __________________ If I like you, leave a message. If I don't , don't bother. If I don't know you, why the hell you calling me ??

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