Mitch Hedberg, the acclaimed young comedian who passed away back at the end of March, had lived
with a heart problem his entire life. It was initially assumed that heart failure was the cause of his premature
passing. However, in a new article released by Spin Magazine, reports are now saying that Hedberg's death was caused by
multiple drug toxicity. In other words, he OD'ed. This comes as sad news as Mitch was a favorite of mine. He had a
handful of Comedy Central appearances, was on Letterman around nine or ten times I think. And according
to the article I'm referencing, TIME Magazine once called him "the next Seinfeld." That's quite the title to
carry with you, but I fully believe that he could have lived up to it.
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12-28-2005 @ 2:56PM
Jamie said...
Was the cause of death really a myatery? He often went n stage visibly high after taking drugs to deal with his acute stage fright. On several occasions he asked the audience--seriously--if they had any narcotics he could use to get him through the show. He was funny, no doubt, but he was clearly on the slow suicide of drug abuse, too.
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12-30-2005 @ 11:41PM
ColdChilli said...
Isn't he the Jimmy John's guy on the radio ads?
"You must even cut the cheeze, man."
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12-31-2005 @ 4:45PM
Katora said...
Of course Mitch was on drugs...it was obvious by his demenor and actions on stage. Be hell, he was hilarious, and one of my personal favorite comics. But, couldn't it have rested with him dying of heart failure? Why bring it up months past that he OD. Give the man at least a shred of dignity.
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