A Legend Passes
June 22, 2008 by John in Entertainment
Comedian George Carlin dies in Los Angeles at 71. His show in Helena a couple years ago may not have been his best work, but the man was a true legend of comedy.
Known for his edgy, provocative material, Carlin achieved status as an anti-Establishment icon in the 1970s with stand-up bits full of drug references and a routine called “Seven Words You Can Never Say On Television.”
Carlin’s comedic sensibility often came back to a central theme: humanity is doomed.
“I don’t have any beliefs or allegiances. I don’t believe in this country, I don’t believe in religion, or a god, and I don’t believe in all these man-made institutional ideas,” he told Reuters in a 2001 interview.