Train of Death: Rirchard Jeni

Born: 1957, Brooklyn, New York

Comedy specials: "Richard Jeni: Boy from New York City" (1990); "Richard Jeni: Crazy from the Heat" (1992); "Richard Jeni: Platypus Man" (1992); "Richard Jeni: A Good Catholic Boy" (1997); "Richard Jeni: A Big Steaming Pile of Me" (2005)

The train of death comes into the station for Richard Jeni(The white guy). Jeni was found with a gunshot wound to the head over the weekend. He later died at the hospital.

I personally thought Jeri was a very talented comic. I used to watch his Showtime and HBO special in the early '90s. He and the likes of Dennis Miller and Kevin Pollack were all the rage back in those days. Jeni had the smart a$$ Brooklyn attitude that just told it like it was no sugar coating needed here. He had a nice run of small parts in movies and was a always a featured comic on the tonight show.

Here are some selected jokes:

"My mother never saw the irony of calling me a son of a bitch."

"I think that's how Chicago got started. A bunch of people in New York said, 'Gee, I'm enjoying the crime and the poverty, but it just isn't cold enough. Let's go west.' "