kinison.com:
a family entertainment tribute to the life and comedy of the late Sam Kinison.

A Las Vegas teen-ager who drove his truck into comedian Sam Kinison’s car had been drinking alcohol before the fatal collision, authorities said Monday.

None of the TV anchors knew quite what to make of Sam Kinison when news of his death came over the wire early Saturday morning.

A private memorial service will be held for comedian Sam Kinison on Wednesday in Los Angeles, and Kinison will be buried in Tulsa, Okla., on Friday, his publicist said Sunday.

They were the kind of kids to whom comedian Sam Kinison’s bellowing stage persona was often said to appeal–two young men, in their late teens, driving fast in an old pick-up on a Friday night.

They were the kind of kids to whom comedian Sam Kinison’s bellowing stage persona often was said to appeal — two young men, in their late teens, drinking and driving fast on a Friday night.

Sam Kinison has been sent to his corner, away from the main set of the new Fox network sitcom “Charlie Hoover,” isolated from the rest of the cast and most of the crew.

What with the stupid macho posturing of Andrew Dice Clay and the bombastic assaults of shock-radio’s Howard Stern, these days Sam Kinison might seem an afterthought, almost quaint.