Thursday, September 30, 2010

Greg Giraldo Death Reasons


Just days after being hospitalized for drug overdose, comedian Greg Giraldo has died.
MSNBC reported late on Tuesday that the actor's 44 years old, who served as a judge on NBC's Last Comic Standing and more recently was the highlight of Comedy Central Roast of David Hasselhoff, died of accidental overdose prescription drugs.
The sad news was first reported on Twitter by fellow comedian and longtime friend Jim Norton, who wrote "RIP Buddy." The club continued Improv comedy with "RIP Greg Giraldo ... One of the funniest MFers ever to grace a stage comedy! Will be missed by all. So sad."
Giraldo reports said he had been partying in his room Hilton hotel in New Jersey during the weekend when he had to be resuscitated by paramedics. He was taken to Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital in New Brunswick, New Jersey, but have been breathing on his own on Monday.
Giraldo was actually a Columbia and Harvard Law School educated lawyer who chose to follow the path of comedy as an insult comic success. He made more than a dozen appearances on The Late Show with David Letterman and Late Night with Conan O'Brien, and was a guest at the marriage season last Ref.
Giraldo recently separated from his wife, the two had three children together.
Giraldo is the second high-profile comic to happen this month, comedian Robert Schimmel was killed on September 4 after the vehicle she was traveling - driven by his daughter - was involved in a serious accident in Arizona.

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