comedian

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Plaza later broke her silence about her struggle to deal with her grief, telling fellow comedian Amy Poehler that her devastation felt like a “giant ocean of awfulness.”

From MarketWatch • Apr. 2, 2026

Alex Duong, a comedian, actor and father whose career was finally taking off after years of grinding at the Comedy Store and in the industry, has died.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 30, 2026

BBC show The Repair Shop scrapped a segment that was set to feature a joke book belonging to late comedian Bob Monkhouse after the contents were deemed inappropriate.

From BBC • Mar. 24, 2026

The hearing in Santa Monica was told how the comedian had initially come into the restaurant where the now-84-year-old Motsinger worked.

From Barron's • Mar. 23, 2026

Backstage at the Apollo Theater in Harlem one day, the comedian Dick Gregory looked at me.

From "The Autobiography of Malcolm X" by Alex Malcolm X;Hailey