Sam Kinison died on April 10, 1992, after he was hit by another car while driving in Southern California. The already-iconic stand-up comedian was only 38 years old. Word of his death shocked his friends in the comedy world because Kinison, who had a history of alcohol and cocaine abuse, had been trying to get sober and settle down after getting married not long before. Fellow comic Richard Belzer said afterward that it was especially hard to accept Kinison’s death, seeing as how “he wasn’t doing anything wrong.”

Since then, a variety of stories have been shared about the moments leading up to Kinison’s death. His close friend, fellow comedian Carl LaBove, who opened for him for many years, said that he held the dying comic in his arms right there on the side of the highway. Some said Kin

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