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Monday, June 23, 2008 12:00 AM

Partial score: George Carlin, 71

The comedian, who died Sunday, talked about sports rarely, but he was funny and insightful when he did.
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  • Monday, June 23, 2008 02:31 PM

    Carlin vs. Russert

    It was good to see the LA Times had a front page story on Carlin's death. I expect we won't see the week-plus outpouring from the media that Russert got, for obvious reasons...yet I would argue that George probably affected a lot more people over the years in a positive way than Mr. Russert ever did. Of course, George was an outsider and Russert was the opposite.

    At least they are awarding the Mark Twain prize to George in November.

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