Sounds like Judy Tenuta is gravely ill

Oh, that’s sad. Ovarian cancer ain’t no joke.

I just read Merrill Markoe’s post. I agree this sounds like she’s not expected to live much longer.

Funny lady.

No, that’s so not fair! She’s such a sweet person!

We are not in touch with each other, so I wouldn't know.

This twitter post of hers from mid August is so funny. God bless Judy- I have loved her since I was a little kid. I remember watching her with my Uncle (not gay) in the late 80's on Comedy Central or something and we were laughing our asses off.

Thank you, thank you For all of your love & support! The operation was smooth & filled with 4 hot anesthesiologists and thanks to them & my great surgeon, like a 1950’s housewife, I felt nothing!

She reminded me of Sam Kinison because she was brash and had similarities to him in her routines. You can see this at R2.

Back in the mid-80s, I got to pal around with Judy who was appearing at the local comedy club in my city. We went thrift store shopping and had lunch at Taco Bell. She is nothing like her on-stage persona in real life. Whenever she returned, I'd usually get front row seats. She spit her gum at me and then pulled me up on stage to be part of an audience participation skit she did.

We are not in touch with each other, so I wouldn't know.

She was my mom's favorite comedian

Kathy Griffin’s comment.

R8 Are they really not in touch anymore?

She must be in hospice care or something.

She was at Ben & Jen’s wedding just a month ago.

We are not in touch with each other, so I wouldn’t know.

R13 Are they really not in touch anymore?

R12, I took that as a joke.

R15 I agree

R15 Hmm, you’re probably right. (It was just 5 days after her surgery, too.)

I looked up her age. She’s 65. So many comedian have died (young) recently - Louie Anderson, Norm Macdonald, Bob Saget, Gilbert Gottfried, etc.

^ They just don't know how to take care of themselves.

Hi Pigs!

And soon....Bye Pigs!

Any updates?

Lo @ R21… I was just thinking, earlier today, of that as a send-off line for her

She's fine. She sends her love.

Her hold on live wax Tenu-ous at best.

Her hold on live was Tenu-ous at best.

We’re all gravely ill

So sad. She was an original.

Aw man. You're right. Nobody like her

I’m just crushed.

She died.

Judy was born in my hometown (Oak Park, IL), where Kathy grew up (we were in a show together, though Kathy was a few years younger than I). I wonder if they ever bonded over their shared working-class Catholic suburban origins. Same town as Dan Castellaneta (we were in Arsenic and Old Lace and, improbably, Uncle Vanya together)Tom Lennon—something about the place brought the quirky and funny out.

R10, what was Kathy Griffin's "oh jeez" comment in response to?

You may not possess me!

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