He had performed as recently as last weekend at the Orleans Casino and Hotel in Las Vegas. John's Health Center in Santa Monica, Calif., on Sunday afternoon complaining of chest pain and died later that evening, said his publicist, Jeff Abraham. ((HBO/Associated Press))George Carlin, the dean of counterculture comedians whose biting insights on life and language were immortalized in his Seven Words You Can Never Say On TV routine, died of heart failure Sunday at the age of 71.Ĭarlin, who had a history of heart trouble, went into St. George Carlin in an undated promotional photo for his HBO special, It's Bad For Ya.
