Greg Giraldo was an American stand-up comedian, television personality, and retired lawyer, died from a accidental prescription drug overdose he was , 44 Giraldo was best known for his appearances on Comedy Central's televised roast specials, as well as for his work on that network's television shows Tough Crowd with Colin Quinn, Lewis Black's Root of All Evil, and the programming block Stand-Up Nation, the latter of which he hosted.(December 10, 1965 – September 29, 2010)
Early life
Giraldo was born in The Bronx and was raised in Queens.[1] He attended Regis High School. He was the oldest son of immigrant parents from Colombia (father) and Spain (mother), and was raised Roman Catholic.[2] He attended Camp Rising Sun, the Louis August Jonas Foundation's international summer scholarship program.[citation needed] He went on to earn a bachelor's degree from Columbia University and a law degree from Harvard Law School.[3]Before becoming a comedian Giraldo worked as a lawyer, spending less than a year as an associate for Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom [4] before changing his occupation. Despite his prior career, Giraldo rejected that persona and very rarely discussed his days as a lawyer.
Career
Giraldo performed regularly at the Comedy Cellar in Manhattan. Giraldo was a regular panelist on Tough Crowd with Colin Quinn. Additionally, he was the star of the short-lived Common Law, and also starred in several pilots, including The Greg Giraldo Show and Gone Hollywood for Comedy Central. The New York Times has praised Giraldo as "a talented comedian with a winning personality." In 2004, he was featured in the spoken-word Lazyboy song, "Underwear Goes Inside the Pants."Giraldo performed more than a dozen times on The Late Show with David Letterman and Late Night with Conan O'Brien, and appeared regularly on The Howard Stern Show. He has also appeared as a member of the panel in the NBC show The Marriage Ref.[3] He had two half-hour specials on Comedy Central Presents, wrote segments for Last Call with Carson Daly, and Giraldo was a panelist on Comedy Central's 100 Greatest Stand-ups of All Time special.
Giraldo said on Late Night with Conan O'Brien on July 7, 2005, that he had quit drinking alcohol.[citation needed] His series Friday Night Stand-Up with Greg Giraldo began on Comedy Central in late 2005 and ran until 2006. His CD Good Day to Cross a River was released 2006 on Comedy Central Records.
Giraldo appeared in Comedy Central's annual roasts,[3] roasting Chevy Chase, Pam Anderson, William Shatner, Jeff Foxworthy, Flavor Flav, Bob Saget, Joan Rivers, Larry the Cable Guy, and David Hasselhoff, as well as the TBS roast of Cheech & Chong.
Giraldo was a regular on Comedy Central's television series Lewis Black's Root of All Evil. Giraldo was one of the Advocates lobbying for their side to be considered the "root of all evil." He won in two of his nine appearances. Giraldo served as a judge during season seven of the NBC reality competition show Last Comic Standing.[3]
In 2008, Giraldo appeared in venues across the United States as the headlining act of the Indecision '08 Tour, produced by Comedy Central. In 2009, Midlife Vices was released, his only one-hour special for Comedy Central.
Personal life
Giraldo was married twice, telling an interviewer in October 2009, "I got married when I was 24. And that didn't last very long at all."[2] In that same interview, he said he had been living apart from his second wife for a year and was in separation proceedings, and that his oldest son was age nine.[2] At the time of his death, he had three children and was divorced.[3][5]Death
On September 25, 2010, Giraldo overdosed on prescription medication.[6] After he failed to appear for a scheduled performance at the Stress Factory, police officers found him in his hotel room at the Hyatt Hotel in New Brunswick, New Jersey, and rushed him to Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital in that town.[5] TMZ reported that he had been in a coma for four days when his family had life support removed.[7] He died on September 29, 2010.[5][8]Discography
- Lazyboy TV (2004) Asylum Records
- Good Day to Cross a River (2006) Comedy Central Records
- Midlife Vices (2009) Comedy Central Records
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