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What Next - Grief, Comedy, and COVID

What Next - Grief, Comedy, and COVID

Dying from the coronavirus isn't funny. Laurie Kilmartin is.

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December 29, 202023m 21s

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Show Notes

Over the summer, comedian Laurie Kilmartin took to Twitter to joke about something that wasn’t funny: Her mom was dying. JoAnn Kilmartin, Laurie’s mother, had contracted the coronavirus in her nursing home and was on her deathbed only a few miles from Laurie’s home in southern California. 

Guest: Laurie Kilmartin, comedian and author of Dead People Suck: A Guide for Survivors of the Newly Departed.

We’re re-running some of our favorite episodes from the past year. This episode originally aired in June, 2020. 

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