1.

Mitch Hedberg

• Full Name: Mitchell Lee Hedberg
• Age: 37
• Humor Type: Observational comedy, surreal humor, word play
• Quote Joke: “An escalator can never break: it can only become stairs. You would never see an Escalator Temporarily Out Of Order sign, just Escalator Temporarily Stairs. Sorry for the convenience.”
• Cause of Death: Multiple drug toxicity in the form of a cocaine and heroin "speedball"
• Website: www.mitchhedberg.net

2.

Robert Schimmel

• Full Name: Robert George Schimmel
• Age: 60
• Humor Type: X-rated, controversial
• Quote Joke: “What do you say when your friends come to visit and the dog starts humping their leg. Well, if it’s a pit bull, you say, “You better let him finish.”
• Cause of Death: Died of injuries sustained in a car accident
• Website: www.robertschimmel.com

3.

George Carlin

• Full Name: George Denis Patrick Carlin
• Age: 71
• Humor Type: Observational comedy, wit & word play, political satire
• Quote Joke: “Ever notice that anyone going slower than you is an idiot, but anyone going faster than you is a maniac?”
• Cause of Death: Heart failure
• Website: www.georgecarlin.com

4.

Bill Hicks

• Full Name: William Melvin Hicks
• Age: 32
• Humor Type: Observational comedy, black comedy, satire/political satire
• Quote Joke: “How come people always flip and think they're Jesus? Why not Buddha? Particularly in America, where more people resemble Buddha than Jesus. 'Ah'm BUDDHA!' 'You're Bubba!' 'Ah'm Buddha now..All I gotta do is change 3 letters on ma belt...”
• Cause of Death: Pancreatic Cancer
• Website: www.billhicks.com

5.

Greg Giraldo

• Full Name: Greg Giraldo
• Age: 44
• Humor Type: Roast comedian, black comedy, surreal
• Quote Joke: “You try not to have a favorite when you have sons or kids. Can’t have a favorite. Can’t let them know know if you do. I don’t. I treat my main son and the other two exactly the same way.”
• Cause of Death: Overdosed on prescription medication
• Website: www.greggiraldo.com

6.

Sam Kinison

• Full Name: Samuel Burl Kinison
• Age: 38
• Humor Type: Black, satire, observational, insult comedy
• Quote Joke: “I don’t worry about terrorism. I was married for two years.”
• Cause of Death: Died of injuries sustained from being struck by a drunk driver.
• Website: www.samkinison.org

7.

Richard Jeni

• Full Name: Richard John Colangelo
• Age: 49
• Humor Type: Improv
• Quote Joke: “I think that's how Chicago got started. A bunch of people in New York said, 'Gee, I'm enjoying the crime and the poverty, but it just isn't cold enough. Let's go west.”
• Cause of Death: Suicide

8.

Richard Pryor

• Full Name: Richard Franklin Lennox Thomas Pryor III
• Age: 65
• Humor Type: Satire, observational, improv, character
• Quote Joke: “When that fire hit your ass, it will sober your ass up quick! I saw something, I went, 'Well, that's a pretty blue. You know what? That looks like fire!' Fire is inspirational. They should use it in the Olympics, because I ran the 100 in 4.3.”
• Cause of Death: Cardiac arrest
• Website: www.richardpryor.com

9.

Rodney Dangerfield

• Full Name: Rodney Dangerfield (born Jack Cohen)
• Age: 82
• Humor Type: One-liners, word play, black
• Quote Joke: “When I was a kid I got no respect. The time I was kidnapped, and the kidnappers sent my parents a note they said, 'We want five thousand dollars or you’ll see your kid again.'”
• Cause of Death: Complications from brain surgery
• Website: www.rodney.com

10.

Phil Hartman

• Full Name: Philip Edward Hartman
• Age: 49
• Humor Type: Sketch, character, voice
• Quote Joke: “I benefit from the Mr. Potato Head syndrome. Put a wig and a nose and glasses on me, and I disappear.”
• Cause of Death: Murdered by wife