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Kelly Carldaughter comedian George Carlin

Kelly Carlin, daughter of comedian George Carlin

Kelly Carlwith her parents BrendGeorge Carlin. | FAMILY PHOTO

Kelly Carlin with her parents Brenda and George Carlin. | FAMILY PHOTO

In this Jan. 21 1987 file phocomedian George Carlposes with his daughter Kelly left wife Brendas he receives star Hollywood

In this Jan. 21, 1987 file photo, comedian George Carlin poses with his daughter Kelly, left, and wife Brenda as he receives a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in the Hollywood section of Los Angeles. Carlin, 71, whose staunch defense of free speech in

George Carlin’s daughter looks back on life with iconic comedian

Eleven years ago, after Kelly Carlin sent her father a draft of the one-woman stage show she’d penned about her traumatic upbringing and her late mother, he clammed up. Weeks went by and George Carlin, the late comedic icon and iconoclast, made not a peep. …

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