George Carlin: comedian, entertainer, thinker–and alcoholic.
Sometimes, it takes an addict:
Comedian George Carlin, dead at age 71 from heart failure. Carlin, who was raised by his mother after she left his very abusive alcoholic father when he was two years old, was a frequent performer and guest host on "The Tonight Show"during the three-decade long Johnny Carson era. He was the first host of "Saturday Night Live!"(October 11, 1975"he confessed to having been high on cocaine at the time) and had roles in a number of films, including "Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure"and "Cars."He admitted that his drug addiction"a "54-year buzz,"as he put it"resulted in neglecting his business affairs, resulting in an IRS debt that took him almost 20 years to dig himself out of. He ...
