LOS ANGELES — Patrick Carlin, a comedy author and performer who was a serious influence (*90*) his youthful brother George Carlin, died Saturday at Kaiser Permanente hospital in Hollywood. He was 90.
Carlin’s loss of life was confirmed by Kelly Carlin, his niece and daughter of George Carlin. George Carlin died at age 71 in June 2008.
“His uniqueness was that he was a philosopher and a tough mofo,” Carlin instructed Variety about her uncle, who was her father’s solely sibling. She described Patrick as a protector of George throughout their years rising up in a troublesome Irish neighborhood (*90*) Manhattan’s Upper West Side.
“Pat was the street fighter and my dad was the jester,” Carlin noticed. George Carlin devoted a chapter to his brother in his posthumously revealed 2009 memoir, “Last Words, A Memoir.” The chapter was titled “The Ace of Aces, the Dude of Dudes.”
“He was my dad’s hero,” Kelly Carlin stated. “A lot of his thinking in the last 25 years of (George’s) career were fed by and connected to Pat.” She famous that the elder brother was “much less ambitious but they had this simpatico way of seeing the world.”
Patrick Carlin will likely be prominently featured as an interview topic for the upcoming HBO documentary “George Carlin’s American Dream,” a two-parter directed by Judd Apatow and Michael Bonfiglio. It’s anticipated to debut subsequent month.
Patrick Carlin labored as a author for his brother (*90*) and off over time. In the Seventies and ‘80s, he worked in Southern California as a radio DJ, hosting numerous programs on Los Angeles’ KROQ-FM in its early days. He later wrote for the Alan Thicke late-night TV collection “Thicke of the Night.”
More just lately, Carlin centered (*90*) writing novels and internet hosting a podcast “Patrick’s Hollywood-Stock Connection.” Carlin suffered a fall (*90*) April 1 that resulted in a visit to an emergency room that ended with Carlin utilizing a ventilator for current weeks.
Carlin lived for greater than 20 years in Woodstock, N.Y. His spouse of greater than 60 years, Marlene, died a couple of 12 months in the past. After that, Carlin relocated to Hollywood final 12 months to dwell with his sons, Patrick Carlin and Dennis Carlin.
Carlin served as a author (*90*) the Fox sitcom “The George Carlin Show,” which ran for one season from 1994 to 1995. His first novel, “Highway 23: The Unrepentant,” was revealed in 2007. A follow-up was revealed in 2012.
Patrick Carlin additionally helped proceed his brother’s comedy legacy by offering the efficiency for the audiobook of “Last Words.”