Greg Giraldo Has Died

Wow.

Sluts with hearts. Nice to know!

I read through the thread too and I know what it is like to lose a parent so young.

I lost my father to cancer over eleven years ago and I can remember being devastated at losing him. I drove nearly four hours from the funeral to get back home and I think I cried almost the entire way.

But I feel my father's presence with me any time I need strength/encouragement/direction. And his passing inspired me to do what makes me happy because life is a gift and it goes by quicker than some think.

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CandyPerfumeGirl, I feel your pain. I lost my Daddy 2 months ago, and I am so torn up. rely on your friends for support, and just take one hour at a time. I am very depressed, and yes, there are times I feel like driving my car off a cliff, but then it passes. You will get through this. You will.

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if you can't take your Rx meds as directed, you do not get to pass go, you do not get to collect $200. R.I.P. Greg.

This is so sad. Comedy Central roasts will never be the same. Jeff Ross is funny also but... not AS funny. Lisa Lampanelli better step up her game.
Whitney Cummings was the funniest at the Hoff roast

@Candyperfumegirl: Pls. feel free to contact me directly jodiemc30@ya***.com if you need a sounding board - I'm happy to chat w/you anytime. :)

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@ Candyperfumegirl (and others in a similar situation): I lost beloved my father (who raised me as a single father-we were *extremely close*) to colon cancer 5 yrs. ago. I have a lot of anger at the medical 'establishment' for brushing off symptoms, lack of proper care/follow up, etc. I was the sole provider/caregiver for him for 3 yrs. It was extremely difficult to watch my once vibrant father suffer the devastating effects of cancer and the treatments -and it was extremely hard to have the parent/child roles reversed. The pain is still there, I'm not going to lie, and there were many, many days when I woke up thinking "not another day to deal with!". I too found myself self-medicating with various substances. However, I've since found that rather than channelling my anger, frustration and helplessness towards myself - doing something for people in need with this really does help the healing process. There are many people (elderly-indigent, etc) dealing with cancer entirely on their own with very little (if any) support system. Taking one day a week to help drive someone to chemo appointments that they could not otherwise get to certainly helped me! Volunteering, etc has given me a feeling of power - of helping people in need and honouring my father in the process. Please be strong - it's very, very difficult and people who have never been through it may not understand. My thoughts are with you. :)

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Candy Perfume Girl I am so sorry for your loss. Please stay here with us and keep posting. Many of us have suffered similar losses, including me (lost my dad and older brother within 18 months; my dad to cancer after much suffering). I know how hard it is and it seems like no one else really understands how bad it is. We are thinking of you and wishing you well at this difficult time. We are here for you.

Holy shit ! I loved him. He's hysterical. A ROAST without him there will never be the same.

Condolences to his family and friends... RIP.

Submitted by Stan Hooper on Thu, 09/30/2010 - 8:45am.

Well, Its clear that this is a HUGE problem and it's become too "hush".
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I don't think so about the 'hush.' There is a reason why AA and NA have the word ANONYMOUS in them. Privacy is part of the recovery process. Dr. Drew's show is completely exploitive.

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Submitted by Stan Hooper on Thu, 09/30/2010 - 8:45am.

Well, Its clear that this is a HUGE problem and it's become too "hush".
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I don't think so about the 'hush.' There is a reason why AA and NA have the word ANONYMOUS in them. Privacy is part of the recovery process. Dr. Drew's show is completely exploitive.

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A few weeks ago, Dr. Drew was getting up the ass looking for drugged up celebrities. One would have thought that there was NO coke heads in Hollywood cause he was scraping the bottom of the barrel.

Well, Its clear that this is a HUGE problem and it's become too "hush".

If retards like Tia Tequilla hadn't cheapen the rehab show, perhaps Greg may have stepped forward and gotten help.

If this guy's death isn't a wake up call. WHAT THE FUCK WILL IT TAKE TO PEOPLE LIKE LOHAN TO WAKE THE FUCK UP!!

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RIP to him. Very bright man who quit one of the best law firms in the world for comedy. Money be damned! And he was funny too!

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Damn this sucks. He was so sharp. I hope it was not a suicide, maybe we will never know. I remember when John Ritter died, there were a few hundred comments on aintitcool. Incredibly, given the nature of the internet, not a single one was negative. Greg deserves the same....although some of the roastees may disagree.

Accidental, my ass. Poor guy:(
RIP Greg. I was always rooting for you.

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Submitted by Niko on Thu, 09/30/2010 - 5:17am.
RIP

Same to Tony Curtis who has died today.
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No. No.

Not because I'm a great lover of them, but because my father is and I'm confident that he'd walk over the dead bodies of his children to get to them.

Christ. I already had the Eddis Fisher converstaion....I didn't see Tony Curtis coming.

With all that said, rip, TC, you were a real pip.
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RIP

Same to Tony Curtis who has died today.

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Submitted by Mrs Patrick Campbell on Thu, 09/30/2010 - 2:42am.
Was Greg a homosexual?

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Bait. Not taken.

Bad taste.

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Was Greg a homosexual?

candygirl. I buried my beautiful mom exactly 1 year ago today from uterine & colon cancer.
She was my best friend and beautiful, hysterically funny and so sweet and she loved to dish on op culture and celebuwhores.
I hospiced her alone in the living room and echo everything You have said. I have needed to get away, came to the desert and for mos just wanted to die. It was like she left the door open and I just didn't want to be here anymore. I kept her makeup bag and skin spray and sometimes just smell it and ball my eyes out. When she was dying I told her for some reason to ascend fast and go as high and as far as she could. (I have no idea where this came from because like you, every breath and every wince of pain, I was with her.)
I have not had ONE dream of her since she passed. I pray all of the time and have never even known it was possible to feel this much pain and feel this alone and still be alive.
I get these emails from cousins telling me she is at peace and she would want me to be happy. This does not help me at all. All I know is everything you and Mr Mercury and catholicshoolgirl have said is true. My supposed best friends have distanced themselves since this happened...my family has acted atttrociously and the world just seems a nasty azz place without my mom.

I'm sad there's no nudes or shirtless pics of him, I mean it bothers me not to know what people's bodies look like before they enter their decomposition state,

These comments are giving me the sads, but I keep coming back. Cricket sorry about your son.

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Damn,I thought he was going to be ok. He was always the best part of those Comedy Cetral Roasts
RIP Greg you will be missed.

Candyperfumegirl, Please hang in there. I know it doesn't feel like it right now but it will get better. The pain never goes away completly but it does get to a point where you can live with it. In the last 14 years I've lost a husband, both my parents and my son. And after every one I was positive I couldn't survive it. There were plenty of days when I could not drag myself out of bed. My son died of cancer 5 days before his 28th birthday.It just seemed so unfair. He had malignant melanoma. I was the one going to a tanning bed every day and laying out in the sun coated with baby oil. He never did stupid shit like that but he's the one that wound up getting sick. I couldn't eat or sleep and I just wanted to die too.But I'm still here.I don't know your Mother but I would bet that she wants you to have a long and happy life. That's the best way to honor her. Maybe go and do some of the things that she wanted to do and didn't get the chance to. I did that and in some weird way it made me feel closer to him. Please take care of yourself.because life does become worth living again.

Submitted by Mr. Mercury on Wed, 09/29/2010 - 11:21pm.
Thanks guys, Centy and CSG! I appreciate your kind words. In three years I've learned a lot, and look forward to every day I have. Of course, coming here to listen to the world-class snark has helped immeasurably! :)

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MM, remember our snark on the UPS guy shorts/Fire Island connection?!

I'm sure you've forgotten, but I've had so many interactions on Dlisted and I still laugh about that one all the time, whereas I have forgotten so many more (although there are a few others I laugh about, cannot deny)!

In a small way, you have made me laugh in my life, which makes my life better.

Thanks.

I think we all have the capacity to make good memories for each other, and when we do, it is just so great.

Choose kindness.

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i loved this guy he was super funny...rip...

Candy i lost my mother 6 years ago she was my everything...in my eyes she was my world and we where her world my sister and i..growing up we never came second to anyone or thing she sacrificed so much for us...i cared for her for 10 years of kidney failure...she was a strong believer of god but was afraid of death...i never really was that religious but when she first got sick i started to go to church and pray for her and read the bible...when she died i felt betrayed i can honestly say i prayed to die i cursed at god for taking her from me and leaving me alone...i went to work a week after her burial my mind needed a rest from feeling pain and anger...i needed to see people that had nothing to do with my mom i didn't want to see family or friends i stayed away from them because they would only bring up things like oh she is in a better place...i hated that because the only place that i wanted her was to be with me...eventually she came to me in a dream to this day i remember that dream she was with me just the same as when she was alive...i once told my mother before she passed that if ever she wanted to forgo going to "heaven" and hang out with god then she could haunt me and she would just giggle...today whenever i feel weak or scarred of life i pray to my mother like she is my own deity to me she was my god when she lived and she is my guardian angel goddess now...and she is powerful she has yet to fail me...she has saved me from a horrific car accident...from financial problem...through health problems and even ugly mean people at work...so just know if u had an awesome mom like i did and it seems like u did...i cant say that it gets better but the pain eases and when life starts to move for you and u get on with the things that have to get done the pain will fade...when u do remember ur mom u will feel better...u must go on and live ur life out of respect and only you can carry on her legacy how she was in life u will be as well...we all take on a part of the people we where close to when they pass...it is ur job to show ur children or ur future children how ur mom was and in that way she will keep on living....this is the only way i can show my future kids who they had as a grandmother....

shit this is unexpected, I really got fond of him at the Pam Anderson and Hoff roasts he had his own style and kinda hot, so sad.

I can't remember if it was the Saget roast or the Shatner roast where Lisa Lampanelli asked the audience to give a round of applause for Giraldo and his sobriety and he looked very embarrassed and unhappy to be outed about it. I guess if he had a past history of substance abuse his liver would already have been in rough shape.

CandyPerfumeGirl, I wish I had something wise or helpful to say, but I can't imagine what you're going through right now and all I can say is, hang in there. My condolences on your profound loss.

Wow, I didn't care for his stand up or anything but it's kind of weird he won't be around anymore. I did like his roasts.

At least he got to do what he loved, but 44 is quite young. That's a shame.

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I like this quote from Edna St. Vincent Millay for troubled people like Greg possibly was:

"My candle burns at both ends
it will not last the night
but oh, my foes, and oh, my friends
it leaves a lovely light"

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@Mr. Mercury and CSG:
Thanks for sharing your wisdom with all of us. Imho,we do honor the dead by how we live our lives. Both of my grandparents died when I was in high school;Grandfather dropped dead of a sudden heart attack,Grandmother died from cancer 18 months later. A little over three years after my grandmother died,it came to me that they were content,it was time to stop grieving,be grateful, and think of them joyously. In secular terms, it was like that Christina Rossetti poem which states that it's better to forget someone than to remember them with sorrow.

Brazen hussies,talk to your mothers.

NO! I cannot believe this! I got a crush on him this summer......way too young to go. I think he has a wife and kids.....SO SAD!!

Thanks guys, Centy and CSG! I appreciate your kind words. In three years I've learned a lot, and look forward to every day I have. Of course, coming here to listen to the world-class snark has helped immeasurably! :)

"What's your motto?" "Kill everyone NOW"

Mr. Mercury - I'll be thinking of you and your James on Saturday. What a beautiful tribute to a loved one.
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Mr. Mercury, I would just like to say that that was a long, articulate and particularly poignant post, and my heart goes out to you.

You are one of my favorite posters here, you've always been funny and nice to me, and you have my sincere sympathy.

I wish you the best in life, and your partner was lucky to have someone as kind and wise as yourself.

We should all be so lucky.

CandyPerfumeGirl, ditto for you. I don't know you, but you've had a terrible time and I will definitely pray for you and hope and KNOW that you will come back from this. Not totally, but that you will find yourself again, as a different, but happier person who can put the past behind you but still keep the memory of your mother in the forefront of your mind, and focus on the positive.

Btw, when I say "pray" I'm not a holy roller, I pray, but not to any particular God.

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My condolences.

I definitely think that you are born either happy, sad, or somewhere in between and it doesn't matter how successful you are or how much money you have, there's no way you can change it.

I say a little prayer for you, Greg.

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I'm so saddened by this, I loved Greg G on the Comedy Central Roasts. The raspy, pissed-off voice alone would have me screaming with laughter, throw in the smart, satirical biting wit and good looks - he was a winning combination.

CandyPerfumeGirl - I was so moved by reading your description of the loss of your mother, I'm so sorry and am sending love and good thoughts your way. I don't know if this will help, but when I lost my grandfather (who was the ONLY demonstrably loving adult in my life growing up), I threw myself into reading about near-death experiences and the research of Dr. Melvin Morse. I swear to you, it completely changed my outlook about life as we know it in this existence, as well as the next. The best description I read is that when our loved ones pass over (they are NOT GONE), they can still see and hear us, unfortunately we can't see them. It was described like they're standing on the other side of a one-way mirror. If we really need them, we can call on them and then they can help us. According to the account, they can only help us if we ask them to.

I still take great comfort in thinking that my loved ones who have passed are still keeping an eye on things and helping me out when I need it. I have no problem asking them to help me, but I always make sure it's not for some idiotic purpose (like, I'm running late for work Grandpa, can you make all the stop lights green til I get there?), but for times that I'm desperately in need of comfort. The best times are when I dream about them - I swear those dreams feel so real, it's as good as having a few minutes with them. Whenever I go to the wake of someone who's passed, I never say "Goodbye" - I always say "I'll see you when I get there".

Peace, hugs and love CPG.

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Candy, let me tell you something. On October 2, 2007, I lost my partner James to cancer. I would have done anything to stop it, or change places with him. That didn't happen, and he died in my arms. I couldn't stop it, any more than I could stop the sun coming up every morning. I wanted to be with him and couldn't believe God would be so cruel as to take my James away from me. The first year, I ate my share of drugs and drank like a fish to stop the pain. I broke down over the "little things" like a Funfetti cake mix in the grocery store, recalling the first birthday cake he ever made me. Things were beyond bleak. But, somehow I knew he would never accept my behavior since he always said he would go first. It was my obligation to go on, and somehow I did. Numbing your pain is to be expected. Still, the urge to survive is strong in all of us. If you allow yourself even a small amount of pleasure in living every day, your mother's passing will not have been in vain. It's for us, the living, to honor those who have gone on. I feel your pain and surely wish I could take some on for you, to lessen the burden. Somehow, when we make the effort to think beyond ourselves, to keep the memory of loved ones alive, the reward can be manifold. Three years after the event, I can now think of James as the great blessing of my life. He remains beautiful and joyful in my mind, and I'm grateful for every wonderful memory he left me. I hope that you can work through this dark place and see the light that surely comes, as morning follows night. Your friends here are all pulling for you.

"What's your motto?" "Kill everyone NOW"

Candy. :( I'm so sorry. We are here for you so keep coming back, ok?

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This is tragic, Greg was one of my favorite comedians. All the best to him and his family.

Candy, I can sympathize, but I really have no words of wisdom. All life is temporary, and instead of trying to hang on to the good times, we need to just appreciate them as fully as possible and then let them go. Peace and love.

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Didn't he mention a wife and kids on last comic standing? either way, what a waste. sad. from the way i read the original story, i thought he would bounce back.

Submitted by Sexecution on Wed, 09/29/2010 - 8:46pm.

What the hell did he take that put him in a 4 day coma and destroyed his liver and kidney's??"

I work in Crisis Counseling and one of my duties is to show up at the hospital, after an OD, and determine if it was a genuine suicide attempt or not. If he took so many pills his liver and kidneys were shot, it was not an accidental OD. You have to take a LOT of medication to get to that point. There are numerous medications that can cause that type of damage, including over the counter medications.

Candy, if you need someone to talk to, let me know. I know you're going through a rough time, but it's not worth it. *hugs*

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Oh nooooo! Terrible I just saw him do stand up last November! That sucks ass he was wicked funny but you could tell he was a wicked cokehead.

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Submitted by Pamela on Sun, 06/27/2010 - 6:51pm

damn girl, you tell it like it is!!!

Submitted by CandyPerfumeGirl on Wed, 09/29/2010 - 9:03pm.
Find something to hold on to,no matter how tiny it is. Consider this: your mother heard and understood your last words to her.If you die now,accidentally or accidentally on purpose,"Thank you for my life" will become a lie. The mother-daughter bond is too precious to violate that way-whatever you think comes after death,sending your mother to it with a lie is wrong. I'll be blunt and tell you that the pain will never completely go away,but it will become less sharp. The key is to endure until it does. Candy,you're a strong woman,or you would have gone stark staring mad in the midst of your mother's suffering instead of looking after her. Try to cherish the good memories.
My grandmother died a nasty,slow death from metastatic colon cancer in 1984,and her four living daughters still seem maladjusted. I've seen what unresolved grief can do and I don't wish that on you.
Peace.

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Hang in the CPG, there is so much to live for. Right now, I am sure the pain is intense and fresh, but it will subside and eventually you will be able to manage it and live a fulfilling life.

RIP Greg. He always seemed like a nice guy on LCS.

@ all of you who say such wonderful things,

thank you!!!! I truly appreciate it. Some of the things you wrote strike a chord with me. The cancer had devastated her. She was 66 but when we walked on the street, people thought she was barely 45. She had a beautiful smile and people loved her. Everyone who saw her, hugged her, said what a sweet-heart she is. Just two years ago she was so gorgeous, at 64, she turned heads. This cancer DEVESTATED her. Tumors the size of apples and growing in her gut, 12 rounds of chemo....nothing heled....she was unable to eat....her last moments she was just moaning (the death rattle) and her face was gaunt. She couldnt even swallow a sip of water anymore. I massaged her feet that had filled with edema due to malnutrition every day with lotion, I held her hand, I talked ot her. Every pain she felt, I felt it with with her. Every time she screamed at night because the tumor was pressing against a vital organ, I felt it with her.

I feel guilty eating because she could no longer. I feel guilty laughing, casue she couldnt. She literally had no facial muscle left. I constantly keep throwing up and i feel half dead. For two years I have faced death - with her. What gets me is that she was so healthy. It was so sudden. The Dr said it is a very rare cancer. (canrcinosarcoma - uterine).

I combine a lot of drugs to stop thinking. I cannot go anywhere we went together. I break down all the time. I smell her clothes, I smell her lip stick cause it smells of her, I still have her make up bag in my purse from out trip to NYC. And oh god do I HATE waking up in the morning. I despise it. I dread it. I am not actively trying to OD - I tried 60 mg of pure morphine sulfate for mental agony and all I did was sleep the whole day and then throw up for the remainder. But images from my childhood, things she said to me, the conversations we had, a movie we watched....haunt me. In the middle of the night. At random moments. I am non functional. I sleep all day usually operating on some psychotropic drug. I am in semi coma - i chew but i dont taste....you get the picture....

I appreciate every word you guys say but I am angry - so angry that her prayers went unanswered. God told her to fuck off basically. If i never was religious, I am definitely not now either. I am in agony and that isnt fair either. It is so unfair and unjust and I feel restless, panicky, scared.

Thanks for listening. My point is, if I were to OD, accidentally, I would welcome it at this point. I want peace and I am in pain all day and what people tell me are just echoes, faint sounds from afar, I nod, but i feel dead...they dont know how I feel. The last thing I said to her was "I will love you forever. Thank you for my life". She heard me cause despite her last moments and tears in her eyes from meds, she turned her head and eyes and looked at me. I will never forget that...
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CandyPerfumeGirl:

I know how you feel ... a year and a half ago, my longtime boyfriend died a horrible death after decades of ignoring his diabetes. Please know there are many folks, including the motley but loyal crew that comprises the Dlisters, and they want you to stay alive and look forward to the future. I emailed MK one night in absolute agony and he responded with the sweetest, most caring email.

There are grief groups that can help you, as well as your local mental health folks. As soon as they hear you're a suicide threat, they get you in ASAP -- and that means a day or two at the most.

Honey, please don't give up. We're always here for you.

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CandyPerfumeGirl,

I'm so sorry. Nothing anyone says here can take away the truth you have to live with. Just please remember, your mom would NEVER want you to hurt yourself. She loves you so much. Honor her by taking care of your wellbeing. HONOR HER by not giving up. If you hurt yourself, it is going to hurt your mom. She loves you eternally.

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Also Candy Girl you must be a cool girl otherwise you wouldn't be on this website! Most ppl don't have such a great sense of humor! We can't afford to lose someone like u. I need peeps to come to my dlisted hot sluts happy hour next week!! Please be there:)

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I am so sad and very moved also by how kind so many of you are. I am at the gym crying on the bike again. Good luck candygirl. Please check in tommorow k. Lots of ppl here care about u.
I don't know where u are but this is the national #
Call the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline at 1-800-273-TALK (8255), a free, 24-hour hotline available to anyone. Please call.

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