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2016 in stand up comedy

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This is a timeline documenting events and facts about stand-up comedy in the year 2016.

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Events

  • On January 7, NBCUniversal launched its comedy streaming subscription service, Seeso.
  • On May 10, George Carlin's daughter, Kelly Carlin, announced the donation of her late father's archives to the forthcoming National Comedy Center's museum, set to open in 2017.
  • On July 20, Mike Ward was ordered by Quebec’s Human Rights Tribunal to pay $35,000 to Jérémy Gabriel, a French Canadian singer with Treacher Collins syndrome, and $7,000 to Jérémy's mother, for jokes he performed in regards to Jérémy's handicap and singing in his shows from 2010 to 2013.
  • On September 18, Patton Oswalt won the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing for a Variety Special for his Netflix special, Talking for Clapping.

    • Deaths

  • On March 24, Garry Shandling died at the age of 66 in Los Angeles, suffering from hyperparathyroidism.
  • On April 20, Victoria Wood died at the age of 62 in London, suffering from terminal cancer.
  • On October 21, Kevin Meaney died at the age of 60 in Forestburgh.

    • References

    2016 in stand-up comedy Wikipedia
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