I can't believe it. It can't be. But the wires say otherwise: George Carlin is dead.
It was heart failure, and he was just 71.
I DON'T THINK one can overestimate the impact Carlin's humor had on those of us of a certain age. And, of course, it was Carlin who introduced "seven dirty words" to the national consciousness with his routine “The Seven Words You Can Never Say On TV.”
WBAI played them on radio in New York; it went all the way to the Supreme Court . . . and we ended up studying what happened in media-law class at journalism school. The upshot: You can't say 'em on the radio, either.
Al Sleet, rest in peace.
You too, George Carlin.
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