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Motorist, 17, Arrested In Death Of Sam Kinison

They were the kind of kids to whom comedian Sam Kinison's bellowing stage persona was often said to appeal - two young men, in their late teens, driving fast in an old pick-up on a Friday night.

The cab of their Chevrolet truck was reportedly filled with beer cans as they sped through the desert on U.S. Highway 95, swerving into oncoming traffic near the California-Nevada border. Moments after hitting Kinison's Pontiac Trans-Am head-on, fatally injuring the comedian and knocking his new wife unconscious, one of the teen-agers said, according to witnesses: "God! Look at my truck!"

Yesterday, Kinison's friends said they could not believe how he had died. The 38-year-old comedian, who made his reputation as a hard-drinking, loud-mouthed wild man, had just returned from his honeymoon with Malika, the 26-year-old Las Vegas dancer he had married a week ago. He was settling down, friends said, sobering up. When he died, he was on his way to a sold-out show in Laughlin, Nev.

After the crash, which occurred near Needles, Calif., Kinison at first appeared fine, said friends who watched the crash from a second car.

With only minor cuts on his lips and forehead, he wrenched himself free of his mangled vehicle and lay down only after frie

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Sam Kinison

American comedian (1953–1992)

Sam Kinison
Kinison (left) with Rodney Dangerfield
Birth name	Samuel Burl Kinison
Born	(1953-12-08)December 8, 1953 Yakima, Washington, U.S.
Died	April 10, 1992(1992-04-10) (aged 38) Needles, California, U.S.
Resting place	Memorial Park Cemetery, Tulsa, Oklahoma, U.S.
Years active	1978–1992
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Spouse	Patricia Adkins ​ ​ (m. 1975; div. 1980)​ Terry Jean Marze ​ ​ (m. 1981; div. 1989)​ Malika Marie Souiri ​ (m. 1992)​
Children	1
Website	samkinison.org

Samuel Burl Kinison (KIN-iss-ən; December 8, 1953 – April 10, 1992) was an American stand-up comedian and actor. A former Pentecostalpreacher, he performed stand-up routines that were characterized by intense sudden tirades, punctuated with his distinctive scream, similar to charismatic preachers. Initially performing for free, Kinison became a regular fixture at The Comedy Store, where he met and eventually befriended such comics as Robin Williams and Jim Carrey. Kinison's comedy was crass observational humor, especially towards women and dating, and his popularity gre