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Tuesday, April 10, 2012

RIP Sam Kinison (It was 20 years ago today, with an account of his last moments)


20 years.  Wow, I feel old.
RIP Sam.  RIP Rodney.
Paul Luvera Journal:  Report of Sam's last moments.
On Friday April 10, 1992 about 7:30 pm, Kinison and his wife were driving in a Pontiac Trans-am from Los Angeles to Laughlin, Nevada where he was going to perform before a sold out audience.  He was sober and drug free. Behind his car was his brother Bill and two other assistants in a van with Kinison’s dog. A couple of teenagers in a 1974 Chev truck were approaching the Trans-am on Highway 95 near the California-Nevada border. They had been drinking and the truck crossed the center line.  Sam saw the truck coming at him and managed to slow his car to 15 miles per hour in an effort to avoid a collision. 
In the van behind Kinison’s car his brother Bill saw the truck across the center line and yelled out "Watch out for that guy Sam, That guy’s in your lane" and then he screamed: "Watch him Sam! Watch him!"A tremendous crash followed and Bill skidded the van to a stop. He ran to check on his brother. The teenage driver had moderate injuries but his teenage passenger had only minor cuts and bruises. Sam had not been wearing a seat belt and the crash had thrown hm into the windshield. It knocked out Malika, but Kinison managed to get out of the car with what appeared to be only cuts on his lip and forehead. 
His brother and the others begged him to lay down and he did with his best friend, Carl LaBove, who had been in the following van. holding his head in his hands. At first it looked like there were no serious injuries to Kinison, but within minutes he suddenly said to no one in particular "I don’t want to die. I don’t want to die."  LaBove later said "it was as if he was having a conversation, talking to some unseen somebody else" some unseen person. Then there was a pause as if Kinison was listening to the other person speak. Then he asked "But why?" and after another pause LaBove heard him clearly say: "Okay, Okay, Okay.’ LaBove said: "The last ‘Okay’ was so soft and at peace...Whatever voice was talking to him gave him the right answer and he just relaxed with it. He said it so sweet, like he was talking to someone he loved." Kinson then lost consciousness. Efforts to resuscitate him failed. Kinison died at the scene from internal injuries. He was just thirty eight years old. 
After his death there was a lot of speculation about Sam Kinison's last conversation with an unseen companion and what was being said to him. I'll let you draw your own conclusions.
Update:
More on Kinison... 

h/t:  Weird Hollywood

12 comments:

  1. Sam was a mean spirited azzhole and a bully. He picked on waek people he knew couldn't fight back and wouldn't dare mess with someone who would punch his lights out. He knocked up his best friend's wife, she had the kid and passed it off as the friend's kid for years. He was comedically brilliant at first, but lost it quickly because he'd rather get wasted than work on his act. Most of his so called comedy sucked from 1988 until his death 4 years later. "FUCKSHITPISSCUNTWHORE!!! AAAAAHH!!! AAAAAAAAAAAHHH!!!" That's what most of it was and it was pitiful. He surrounded himself with some of the biggest slimeballs and users in the world and anyone who had cocaine on them was his best friend in the world. Sam does NOT belong to be mentioned in the same breath as Lenny Bruce, Richard Pryor and George Carlin. They all had an endless stream of brilliance and Sam had 2 hours at most. He fucked up his movie career, so he really didn't leave much behind worth watching or listening to. He's not only gone, but pretty much forgotten as well except to a very small handful of monosyllabic coke snorting Jack Daniels swilling redneck morons most of whom are single and will stay that way. Maybe that's whyt you complained about women, Sam. Because you were a complete misogynist asshole and you preferred the company of coked out skanks who wouldn't have looked at you twice if you weren't famous instead of a real woman. Bye bye, Sammy. You had greatness in the palm of your hand and you snorted and drank it all away, you dumbass hillbilly junkie.

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    1. I agree that Sam Kinison (as far as his behavior) was all the bad things you said and more. He did have talent and he was occasionally brilliantly funny--and it is a shame he wasted a lot of years by being wasted.

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    2. yea guy only problem with your comment is George carlin said sam was one other guy who made him notice he wasn't trying as hard and carlin changed his style and dedicated jamming in jersey to sam kinison. comedians don't have to be nice

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  2. Do you really think any of this is funny? It's pathetic and sad. Pure crap!
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V--Y62bOTV8

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    1. I thought Back to School bit was funny.

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    2. Here's your link

      Actually his rant on the "PC" reaction to his AIDS joke had some humor and truth (and yes it is definitely NSFW). It starts around the 3:00 minute mark and continues to about 5:00 minutes. I have not listened to the whole thing yet.

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  3. Well he is obviously not forgotten if we are talking about him twenty years later. Sam was a great talent.

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  4. Wow, a lot of hate. For those that weren't there, Sam Kinison was the comic ID. He said things that weren't PC and was fearless. He was funny. He was funny in the way that seeing fireworks on the 4th of July is awesome! He was funny in a way that a model is beautiful and a sunset is enchanting. What comic out there now is on his level???? NONE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! He is on the level with George Carlin, Bill Hicks, Richrd Pryor and Ron White. Sam was great. In his era no one was close. Why did you laugh? I couldn't help myself!

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    1. I never took Sam as hateful, but he definitely made people uncomfortable (hence some of the reactions). He is one of the greats of stand up. If they had a hall of fame, he would be in it.

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  5. Not according to the autopsy report, which you can read online. He never got out of the car. He was found between the driver and passenger seats, already not breathing. The steering wheel was broken off and the windshield was broken out. The report shows that his neck was snapped near the base of the skull, and the bowel was perforated. He was dragged out of the car and CPR was begun. CPR continued in the ambulance all the way to the hospital, but he could never be revived. Toxicology report shows presence of cocaine, valium and demerol in his system. This hokem story about getting out of the car and talking to God was started in order to paint the portrait of a man who had been on his way to recovery. It was bullshit, pure and simple.

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    1. Wow now that's some facts for yo a**

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