I woke up this morning, fired up Firefox and on my homepage is the headline "Edgy Comic George Carlin dies in LA, aged 71" and thought "Damn." I know there are seven other words that should have come to mind, but what do you expect it was early.
Here is a link to the TimesOnline article about his death. The one I referenced above was rather sparse on details and this one doesn’t have Associated Press involvement.