Comedian Mitch Hedberg dead at 37

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Comedian Mitch Hedberg dead at 37

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This fucking sucks. I just saw him a month ago!
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It seemed like just another on-air phone call. Shortly before 10 a.m. today, the hosts of the Kirk, Mark and Lopez morning show on 98 Rock (WIYY-FM) dialed the number of standup comedian Mitch Hedberg, who was scheduled for a phone interview.

The nationally known jokester was booked for five straight shows at Baltimore's Improv beginning last night.

A distraught-sounding woman answered and said that Hedberg wasn't available. She hung up.

The mystery wasn't cleared up until midafternoon today, when the comedian's publicists announced that Hedberg, 37, had passed away the night before. The cause of death was still unknown.

Stephanie Drummond, producer of the drive-time show, was grappling with her disbelief today. Hedberg, who had become a semi-regular in recent years on such national TV shows as Late Night With David Letterman and Late Late With Craig Kilborn, had appeared many times on the station, which works closely with the Improv chain.

"He's a wonderful guy," she said. "His delivery is so dry. He's like [deadpan comic] Steven Wright, with a little bit of hippie in him."

The show was bombarded with e-mails asking about Hedberg today, many wondering if it was an April Fool's joke. It wasn't.

"We'll be playing a lot of his highlights on the [Friday morning] show," she said. "He'll be missed."

Just two weeks ago, the long-haired comic had tried out a few new jokes on the Howard Stern Show. Some were about satellite radio, which he said he was beginning to hear frequently during his cross-country travels. "There's a reason you can curse" on satellite radio, he said. "Nobody's listening."

The Improv announced this afternoon that comedian Randy Kagan, who was slated to open for Hedberg, would be headlining tonight through Sunday.
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Oh man...That guy was awesome. :cry:

I am really interested in the cause of death though.
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Very sad, he was hilarious.
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He was great. I mean really fucking hilarious.
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this fucking sucks...

I loved his shows.

He was one of the funny young comics....

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:cry: Damn.... he was one of my favorite comedians, ever. :cry:
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xBlackFlash wrote:Oh man...That guy was awesome. :cry:

I am really interested in the cause of death though.
I heard somewhere that it was a heroin OD.
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Asst. Asst. Lt. Cmdr. Smi wrote:
xBlackFlash wrote:Oh man...That guy was awesome. :cry:

I am really interested in the cause of death though.
I heard somewhere that it was a heroin OD.
That's partially why I'm interested. There are so many potential causes, most of them being very believable.
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xBlackFlash wrote:
Asst. Asst. Lt. Cmdr. Smi wrote:
xBlackFlash wrote:Oh man...That guy was awesome. :cry:

I am really interested in the cause of death though.
I heard somewhere that it was a heroin OD.
That's partially why I'm interested. There are so many potential causes, most of them being very believable.
That wouldn't suprise me at all, especially given the subjects of many of his jokes. Alas, nevertheless.
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Goddamnit. This fucking sucks. He was a wonderful comedian, he could easily have inherited the Wright crown of funniest oneline comments. Damnit. :evil:
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SyntaxVorlon wrote:Goddamnit. This fucking sucks. He was a wonderful comedian, he could easily have inherited the Wright crown of funniest oneline comments. Damnit. :evil:
He was definately close. I thought he was great myself. He will be missed.
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