In this Jan. 21nd, 1987 file photo, comedian George Carlin poses with his daughter Kelly, left, and wife Brenda as he receives a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in the Hollywood section of Los Angeles. 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 22nd, 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.
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