Sam Kinison

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BIRTHDAY

December 08, 1953

Peoria, IL

DIED

April 10, 1992

RECENT CREDITS

Back to School (FILM) Jan. 1, 2000

Saturday Night Live (TV) Nov. 15, 1986

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BIOGRAPHY

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Pentecostal preacher-turned-outrageous rock & roll-oriented standup comic Sam Kinison had a cult following and a promising career as one of the next comedy superstars that ended in a fatal car crash. After leaving his church, the charismatic, long-haired, and pudgy comic went wild and based his sometimes envelope-pushing monologues on his exploits with drugs, booze, women, and rock music that were punctuated by plenty of profanity and his trademark screams. At the height of his popularity, Kinison was performing with some of the biggest rock acts in late-'80s America, including Mötley Crüe and Ozzy Osbourne. When his fast-lane lifestyle began extracting heavy tolls upon his life, Kinison left the party-animal life, gave up booze and drugs, and settled down with his beautiful third wife, Malika Souiri. He appeared in one feature film, Back to School (1986), guest starred on television occasionally, notably on Saturday Night Live, was featured in cable comedy specials, and co-starred as the unruly manifestation of a yuppie's mid-life crisis in the short-lived sitcom Charlie Hoover. Shortly after the series' cancellation, Kinison was fatally injured and his wife seriously hurt in an automobile crash. It is ironic, with Kinison's efforts to clean up his personal life, that the driver of the car at fault was drunk.

~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide

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A Scream at The Comedy Store: 8433 Sunset Boulevard, West Holl...

Oct. 30, 2008

The Sunset Strip has long been the epicenter of Hollywood’s nightlife, the adult playground where stars and wannabes alike went out to see, be seen and party the night away. And it seems that one of the longest-standing entertainment hot spots in town, some of the more unruly guests have stayed long past last call.

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