R.I.P. Greg Giraldo. =(

On September 25, 2010, Greg Giraldo overdosed on prescription medication. After he failed to appear for a scheduled performance at the Stress Factory, police officers found him in his hotel room at the Hyatt hotel in New Brunswick, New Jersey, and rushed him to Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital in that town. It was reported that he had been in a coma for five days when his family decided to remove him from life support. He died on September 29, 2010.

"Giraldo performed regularly at the Comedy Cellar in Manhattan. Giraldo was a regular panelist on Tough Crowd with Colin Quinn. Additionally, he was the star of the short-lived Common Law, and also starred in several pilots, including The Greg Giraldo Show and Gone Hollywood for Comedy Central. The New York Times has praised Giraldo as 'a talented comedian with a winning personality.' In 2004, he was featured in the spoken-word Lazyboy song, 'Underwear Goes Inside the Pants.'

Giraldo performed more than a dozen times on The Late Show with David Letterman and Late Night with Conan O'Brien, and appeared regularly on The Howard Stern Show. He has also appeared as a member of the panel in the NBC show The Marriage Ref. He had two half-hour specials on Comedy Central Presents, wrote segments for Last Call with Carson Daly, and Giraldo was a panelist on Comedy Central's 100 Greatest Stand-ups of All Time special.

Giraldo said on Late Night with Conan O'Brien on July 7, 2005, that he had quit drinking alcohol. His series Friday Night Stand-Up with Greg Giraldo began on Comedy Central in late 2005 and ran until 2006. His CD Good Day to Cross a River was released 2006 on Comedy Central Records.

Giraldo appeared in Comedy Central's annual roasts, roasting Chevy Chase, Pam Anderson, William Shatner, Jeff Foxworthy, Flavor Flav, Bob Saget, Joan Rivers, Larry the Cable Guy, and David Hasselhoff, as well as the TBS roast of Cheech & Chong.

In 2008, Giraldo appeared in venues across the United States as the headlining act of the Indecision '08 Tour, produced by Comedy Central.

Giraldo was a regular on Comedy Central's television series Lewis Black's Root of All Evil. Giraldo was one of the Advocates lobbying for their side to be considered the 'root of all evil'. He won in two of his nine appearances.

Giraldo also served as a judge during season seven of the NBC reality competition show Last Comic Standing." (Wikipedia)


=( R.I.P. man, you will be missed...
You will always be one of my favorites, and will be remember for your comedic genius.

J