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- NAME: Sam Kinison
- OCCUPATION: Comedian
- BIRTH DATE: December 08, 1953
- DEATH DATE: April 10, 1992
- EDUCATION: East Peoria Community High School, Pinecrest Bible Training Center
- PLACE OF BIRTH: Yakima, Washington
- PLACE OF DEATH: Needles, California
- Full Name: Samuel Burl Kinison
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Sam Kinison was an American comedian best known for his crass humor and trademark scream. The Grammy-nominated comedian received his first break from fellow comedian Rodney Dangerfield.
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"Sam was a forerunner of Howard Stern's kind of raunch humor," explained friend and fellow comic Richard Belzer to Entertainment Weekly.
Since Kinison's death, there have been several efforts to make a film about his life. Friend Howard Stern had an option on Bill Kinison's book Brother Sam. In 1997,
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producer David Permut obtained the rights to the biography. He and director Tom Shadyac tried for years to make a film about Kinison. The project was finally put in motion after a deal was struck with the HBO cable network. Dan Fogler has been cast as the legendary loud-mouthed comic, according to Variety.
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