Boba Fett

http://www.tmz.com/2010/09/29/comedi...ription-pills/

Very out of nowhere news. I never thought Giraldo was a great comedian, but on the other hand, he wasn't horrible. He was comfortably middle of the road, but generally entertaining.

I was also shocked to learn he was a lawyer who graduated from Harvard Law prior to becoming a comic.

NORML54601

Bummer. He was always great doing celebrity roasts

MrSmearkase

Shit.

Goat3001

Crazy news. I only knew him from the roasts but he was always pretty funny. RIP.

Bill Needle

He was always my favorite performer on the roasts. Sad news indeed.

Groucho

Very unfortunate and sad. Very funny fellow -- I thought he actually did a good job judging the last season of Last Comic Standing.

Navinabob

Wow... super sad.

islandclaws

I'd like to know more about this accidental overdose.... 45 is way too young to go.

Jadzia

RIP

I hope his funeral is done roast-style.

FatTony

I know the name and the face, but I don't think I've heard much of his material. It's always sad when a comedian dies so young.

MrSmearkase

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wmansir

RIP. I'd heard about the OD, but had no idea he was in such bad shape.

TheKing

My first thought when I saw the thread title was "what did he OD on?"

Sure enough, there's an "accidental overdose." I mean at his age, what else would it have been? Suicide maybe, but even then it probably would have been pills.

Perkinsun Dzees

I can't believe Greg Giraldo is gone before Artie Lange.

RIP

Numanoid

OMG. I've been listening to his two albums for the last few days. I really liked him. This is a shock. How sad.

MrSmearkase

It's already been removed from Gilbert's Twitter, but here is what he said a few hours ago...



TMZ got a comment out of Gottfried;

He should have left it, I think Giraldo would have gotten a laugh out of it.

BJacks

Fucking sucks, I first knew him from Tough Crowd. He was brilliant, went to Columbia and Harvard Law.

One of my favorite performances:

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Goat3001

Normally I'd say that's incredibly classless but I agree here. Giraldo was most famous for his roasts and I think he would have appreciated the joke.

NORML54601

MrSmearkase

/\ TMZ is running a poll asking whether or not that tweet is 'too soon,' and it's almost an even split

Jack Straw

This really sucks! He was so young. I really liked him a lot. Given that I'm an aspiring comic wanna-be, it really makes it all the more senseless. I had heard that he OD'd and was in the hospital, but it sounded like he would recover.

Jack Straw

Can someone post the text of what Gilbert said?

MrSmearkase

"If Greg Giraldo is cremated, will that be the 'Greg Giraldo Roast'?"

Deftones

there has to be more to this story. just the other day he was in critical but stable condition. i wonder if they found him, revived him, but he was basically brain dead, and his family decided to pull the plug.

NORML54601

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