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Since last August, 27 comedians have "died suddenly" (and four more fell gravely ill)

Always a tough business, comedy has been especially tough these past 9+ months, as we can see from these reports out of the US, Canada, Japan, UK, Italy, Spain, India, S. Korea and elsewhere

Mark Crispin Miller

May 22, 2023

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Since last August, 27 comedians have all "died suddenly" (and four more fell gravely ill)

Mark Crispin Miller

May 22

Since last August, 27 comedians have all "died suddenly" (and four more fell gravely ill)

For those who might be thinking (wishfully) that this is “normal,” here’s a webpage noting how many comedians have died over the years: https://www.tributes.com/celebrity/deaths/Comedians From this resource we learn that two (American) comedians died in 2020,

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Mark terrell

I have this little fantasy, a fairy tale for our time really. Everybody has been keeping track of the "influencers" that pressured them to get jabbed. All the people injured, or relatives of those who died as a result, are suing the influencers. The swamp was drained and much wealth was returned to the people.

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Keith Jajko

Notice how late-night talk show hosts were spared.

Oh wait! I forgot, they’re not comedians. My bad.

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