Rest In Peace: George Carlin
May 12, 1937 - June 22, 2008
Legendary comedian George Carlin died of heart failure at a hospital in Santa Monica, Calif.
This Saturday watch a rebroadcast of the first episode of Saturday Night Live on NBC with host George Carlin.
Original Airdate: October 11, 1975
Read Dying Is Hard. Comedy Is Harder, Jerry Seinfeld's Op-Ed column (published in the New York Times June 24, 2008).