Greg Giraldo Is Dead.

He was actually funny.

Comedian Greg Giraldo died today at the age of 44 -- five days after he was hospitalized for an overdose.

Greg had been hospitalized in New Brunswick, NJ after he overdosed on prescription pills last weekend. A source said the overdose was not a suicide attempt.

TMZ has obtained what is believed to be the last photo of Giraldo -- taken at the Stress Factory comedy club in New Brunswick, NJ on Friday September 24 ... the night before he OD'd.

Giraldo was best known for his celebrity roast appearances.
He had also been a judge on "Last Comic Standing."

A source close to Greg tells us, "Greg passed away today
at the hospital in New Brunswick as a result of an accidental
overdose. His family was by his side."

We're told plans are being made for a public memorial service

http://www.tmz.com/2010/09/29/comedian- ... ion-pills/

That's sad. He was possibly the only funny person on Last Comic Standing.

He was funny sometimes. He was a great roaster and had some decent stand up but i could never quite understand why he appeared in almost every comedy central show and wasnt funny in 95% of them. Still sad to hear he died and especially not even from cocaine like all other comedians.

I must admit I've never heard of him, I'll have to check out his stuff on YouTube. In any case, 44 is far too young; RIP.

i could never quite understand why he appeared in almost every comedy central show

I'll cut out the rest of this quote because I disagree (watch him on Tough Crowd for example) but, he recently said that he did all the roasts and did Last Comic Standing for the money because nobody was coming to his shows and he was facing serious financial problems. He hated both the roasts (what was the last one, Hasselhoff? He was so mailing it in) and LCS, but needed the money. He took on the LCS role because he had to provide for his family even though he hated every minute of it and the entire concept. That's part of why I believe the accidental story even though others don't.

He had graduated from Harvard Law School but decided to become a comedian instead.

Just watched a few clips on YouTube and yeah, I'd have to say he was pretty funny. And from the comments on one of the videos:

Meanwhile, Dane Cook lives

Meanwhile, Dane Cook lives

Somebody really should do something about that.

Stop rushing me!
I'm perfecting the plan even if it takes me a long time.
I don't want to spend my nights in prison.

Stop rushing me!
I'm perfecting the plan even if it takes me a long time.
I don't want to spend my nights in prison.

Call up Dexter Morgan, he'll teach you a few things.

Giraldo was my favorite roaster, but if it wasn't for the roast's I wouldn't know who he is. Regardless 44 is a young age today. May he RIP.

I thought Dane Cook finally made the movement from "we're going to see him because he's funny" to "we're going to see him because it's ironic" a year ago.

I thought Dane Cook finally made the movement from "we're going to see him because he's funny" to "we're going to see him because it's ironic" a year ago.

And that's probably about the time somebody should have done something about it.

I thought Dane Cook finally made the movement from "we're going to see him because he's funny" to "we're going to see him because it's ironic" a year ago.

If Hitler managed to be alive today, would you kill him?
Dane Cook.
Exactly.

Now that's unfair to Hitler. I mean, a lot of people would think Hitler had some great ideas.

Such a great public speaker too. He would make Obama look like an idiot at the podium. Redundancy?

i could never quite understand why he appeared in almost every comedy central show

I'll cut out the rest of this quote because I disagree (watch him on Tough Crowd for example) but, he recently said that he did all the roasts and did Last Comic Standing for the money because nobody was coming to his shows and he was facing serious financial problems. He hated both the roasts (what was the last one, Hasselhoff? He was so mailing it in) and LCS, but needed the money. He took on the LCS role because he had to provide for his family even though he hated every minute of it and the entire concept. That's part of why I believe the accidental story even though others don't.

He had graduated from Harvard Law School but decided to become a comedian instead.

Fair enough. I never saw Tough Crowd (was too young for it at the time i think): i saw him on shows that were already absolute shit. Maybe im only seeing recent stuff.

Will investigate TC tonight.