God's Speed George

Comedian George Carlin died yesterday from an apparent heart attack. Yahoo News reports:

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Comedian George Carlin, a counter-culture hero famed for his routines about drugs and dirty words, died of heart failure at a Los Angeles-area hospital on Sunday, a spokesman said. He was 71.

Carlin, who had a history of heart and drug-dependency problems, died at Saint John's Health Center in Santa Monica about 6 p.m. PDT (9 p.m. EDT) after being admitted earlier in the afternoon for chest pains, spokesman Jeff Abraham told Reuters.

Carlin was a hero of mine. Not only was he one of the funniest comedians, but his routines had social meaning as well. An era that I grew up in is slowly fading away. I will miss George Carlin and his seven words you can never say.