{"id":644,"date":"2008-06-23T15:49:12","date_gmt":"2008-06-23T19:49:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/feverishthoughts.com\/celebrity\/2008\/06\/23\/comedian-george-carlin-dead-at-71\/"},"modified":"2013-09-30T02:40:03","modified_gmt":"2013-09-30T06:40:03","slug":"comedian-george-carlin-dead-at-71","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/feverishthoughts.com\/celebrity\/2008\/06\/23\/comedian-george-carlin-dead-at-71\/","title":{"rendered":"Comedian George Carlin dead at 71"},"content":{"rendered":"<!--CusAds--><p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"georgecarlin.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/feverishthoughts.com\/celebrity\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/06\/georgecarlin.jpg\" align=\"left\" \/> Counter-culture hero and famed comedian George Carlin died at approximately 6 pm Sunday of heart failure. He was only 71 years old.<\/p>\n<p>Carlin had a long career, but he was probably best known for his anti-establishment stance and routines involving dirty words and drug related themes. 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