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Career. Kinison began his career in Houston, Texas, where he performed in small clubs. He became a member of a comedic group at the Comedy Workshop, known as the Texas Outlaw Comics, that included Bill Hicks, Ron Shock, Riley Barber, Steve Epstein, Andy Huggins, John Farneti, [9] and Jimmy Pineapple.
Apr 26, 2022 · Kinison, who managed to stumble from the wreck, died at the site of the crash. He was 38. If there was one person who epitomized the excesses of the late '80s/early '90s Hair Metal movement, it's none other than comedian/former preacher Sam Kinison.
Apr 12, 1992 · Sam Kinison, a former tent preacher who gained fame as a shrieking and often insulting stand-up comedian, was killed Friday night in a head-on automobile crash on a desert highway near...
Apr 3, 2014 · Sam Kinison was an American comedian best known for his crass humor and trademark scream. The Grammy-nominated comedian received his first break from fellow comedian Rodney Dangerfield....
Sam Kinison was a popular stand-up comedian from Yakima, Washington, mainly active in the 1980s and the early 1990s. He also had a few acting roles in film and television. His only recurring role was that of Hugh, the main character's alter ego in the short-lived sitcom "Charlie Hoover" (1991).
Comedian Sam Kinison Official Web Site complete with Music Videos, Comedy Online, “Singing Sam”, Quotes, Family and Friends Photos, Fan Forum, Links, and Online Store of Pics, CD’s, and Books!
Apr 4, 1997 · Sam Kinison died in the desert, talking to God. The high-decibel comic and former Pentecostal preacher was driving U.S. Highway 95 to a sold-out run in Laughlin, Nev., on the evening of April...
Apr 20, 2012 · Comedy. Icon: Sam Kinison. He was the hell-raising preacher who swapped sermons for stand-up - where no subject was sacred - and who was praised and damned in equal measure. With next month...
Aug 11, 2016 · Sam Kinison changed comedy. Although his contributions to comedy were of a different tenor than George Carlin, or Richard Pryor, or Bill Hicks, there isn’t a comic alive who hasn’t in some way...
Jun 12, 1992 · We remember Sam Kinison -- The comic, who wrestled with drugs and despair, seemed to be turning a corner before he died. By Jane Wollman Rusoff. Published on June 12, 1992 04:00AM EDT. ”That’s...
