Editing George Carlin (section)

== Death ==
Carlin had a history of heart problems,<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.cleveland.com/people/index.ssf/2008/06/george_carlin_counterculture_c.html |title=George Carlin, counterculture comedians' dean, dies at 71 |first=Michael |last=Norman |work=[[The Plain Dealer]] |location=[[Cleveland]], Ohio |date=June 23, 2008 |access-date=June 10, 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/23/arts/23iht-24carlin.13905378.html |title=George Carlin, irreverent comedian, dies at 71 |first=Mel |last=Watkins |newspaper=The New York Times |date=June 23, 2008 |access-date= December 22, 2020}}</ref> including heart attacks in 1978, 1982, and 1991.<ref name="bravo" /> He also had an [[arrhythmia]] requiring an [[Ablation of atrial fibrillation|ablation]] procedure in 2003, a significant episode of heart failure in 2005, and two [[angioplasties]] on undisclosed dates.{{sfn|Carlin|Hendra|2009|pp=75–76}} In the 2022 documentary ''[[George Carlin's American Dream]]'', Jerry Hamza{{emdash}}Carlin's manager from 1980 until his death{{emdash}}said Carlin underwent many heart surgeries in a short period toward the end of his life. Carlin's publicist Jeff Abraham said that he once lifted his shirt after coming to a gig from the hospital to show Abraham his torso, whereupon Abraham said it looked like a science project.<ref name="Dream2022" />

On June 22, 2008, at age 71, Carlin died of a heart attack at [[Saint John's Health Center]] in [[Santa Monica, California]].<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/24/arts/24carlin.html |title=George Carlin, Comic Who Chafed at Society and Its Constraints, Dies at 71 |last1=Watkins |first1=M. |last2=Weber |first2=B. |date=June 24, 2008 |newspaper=The New York Times |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140128105920/http://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/24/arts/24carlin.html |archive-date=January 28, 2014 |access-date=June 10, 2014}}</ref><ref name="Carlindies">{{cite web |url=https://www.foxnews.com/story/counterculture-comedian-george-carlin-dies-at-71/ |title=Grammy-Winning Comedian, Counter-Culture Figure George Carlin Dies at 71 |date=June 23, 2008 |publisher=Foxnews.com |access-date=June 12, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140110102833/http://www.foxnews.com/story/2008/06/23/counterculture-comedian-george-carlin-dies-at-71/ |archive-date=January 10, 2014 |url-status=live}}</ref> His death occurred one week after his final performance at [[The Orleans Hotel and Casino]]. Per his wishes, his body was cremated and his ashes scattered in front of various New York City nightclubs and over [[Spofford Lake]] in [[New Hampshire]], where he had attended summer camp as an adolescent.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.seacoastonline.com/article/20080730/NEWS/80730031|title=Comedian Carlin's ashes spread in New Hampshire|work=seacoastline.com|via=Associated Press|access-date=May 11, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160109184618/http://www.seacoastonline.com/article/20080730/NEWS/80730031|archive-date=January 9, 2016}}</ref> His [[Will and testament|will]] stated that there was to be no funeral and that he wished only for his widow and daughter to host a small gathering at his home for loved ones to share stories of him.<ref name="Dream2022" />