Richard Belzer
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Comedians Keep Banter Up Backstage at Fund-Raiser
Sam Kinison lived for confrontation. No sweet words and kisses from this comic–more like up-the-volume shrieks and hisses to get his message out.
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Kinison’s Friends Recall His More Compassionate Acts
Colleagues remember shock comic’s off-stage kindness. But the tribute they’ll tape in Anaheim won’t be syrupy
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Sam Kinison Last Stand
On April 10, 1992, almost a year after delivering that routine on HBO, Sam Kinison was killed in a head-on collision on that same stretch of arid desert road between Needles and Barstow
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Friends Shocked by Violent Death of Mellower Kinison
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.
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Comedian Sam Kinison Killed in Highway Crash
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.