George Carlin is dead.
The George Carlin Letters: The Permanent Courtship of Sally Wade, by Carlin's widow, a collection of previously unpublished writings and artwork by Carlin interwoven with Wade's chronicle of their 10 years together, was published in March 2011
 On June 22, 2008, at the age of 71, he died of heart failure at Saint John's Health Center in Santa Monica, California

