George Carlin performs at the Orleans hotel casino in Las Vegas Saturday, June 7, 2008. Carlin, 71, whose staunch defense of free speech in his most famous routine "Seven Words You Can Never Say On Television" led to a key Supreme Court ruling on obscenity, died Sunday June 22, 2008. He went into St. John's Health Center in Santa Monica on Sunday complaining of chest pain and died later that evening, said his publicist, Jeff Abraham.
Here's a clip of his classic bit, the 7 words you can't say on TV:
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