Stand up comedy is one of my favorite forms of entertainment. Its also one of the toughest forms of entertainment. You have to directly relate to your audience, connect with them, and get them to laugh about things they fully understand.

Few comedians have ever been able to deliver punchline after punchline after punchline successfully. Even of the best of all time, the most rapid fire artist I've ever seen is Mitch Hedberg.

Sadly in the stand up comedy industry, most of the successful stars are the most tormented. Mitch Hedberg sadly died on March 29th, 2005. His death was announced publicly on April 1st, making some people believe it was a cruel April Fools Joke. Hedberg died from an overdose of cocaine and heroin.

Today would be Mitch Hedberg's 47th birthday.

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