WEST HOLLYWOOD, Calif. -- Police said a popular comic appears to have killed himself. Richard Jeni, a standup comedian who played to sold-out crowds, has died of a gunshot wound. Los Angeles police found the 45-year-old performer alive but gravely wounded in a West Hollywood home Saturday morning when they responded to a call from Jeni's girlfriend.
According to LAPD, the caller told police: "My boyfriend shot himself in the face." Jeni died at a nearby hospital. Police said suicide has not been officially confirmed and the investigation is continuing. Jeni regularly toured the country with a standup act and had starred in several HBO comedy specials, most recently "A Big Steaming Pile of Me." He also appeared on the "Tonight Show" and in movies like "The Mask" starring Jim Carrey.
I was going to include him on WW's thread about 'the most UNfunny comic of all time', but I guess I don't need to now.
Wow, we're thinking the same thing! You're not sitting around in boxers and a tee shirt and making meatball subs for dinner are you? Cuz that would totally weird me out...
Wow, I didn't hear about that. I actually met Jeni in Vegas, he was performing at the AVN awards show when he was a nobody. He was fairly funny and I ran into him afterwards in the taxi line, I introduced myself and asked him what he was going to do, he said "probably gamble". So I invited him to an AVN afterparty and he said great, we shared a cab there and last I saw he was between like 3 actress I introduced him to with a giant grin on his face. Too bad he seemed like a nice guy.......RIP.
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