Editing Sam Kinison (section)

{{short description|American comedian (1953–1992)}}
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{{Infobox comedian
| name        = Sam Kinison
| image       = Sam_Kinison_&_Rodney_Dangerfield.jpg
| caption     = Kinison (left) with [[Rodney Dangerfield]]
| birth_name  = Samuel Burl Kinison
| birth_date  = {{birth date|1953|12|8|mf=y}}
| birth_place = [[Yakima, Washington]], U.S.
| death_date  = {{death date and age|1992|4|10|1953|12|8|mf=y}}
| death_place = [[Needles, California]], U.S.
| resting_place = Memorial Park Cemetery, [[Tulsa, Oklahoma]], U.S.
| active      = 1978–1992
| genre       = {{hlist|[[Comedy]]|[[satire]]|[[observational comedy]]}}
| subject     = {{hlist|Human sexuality|current events|[[American politics]]|religion}}
| influences  =
| influenced  =
| spouse = {{plainlist|
* {{marriage|Patricia Adkins|1975|1980|end=div}}
* {{marriage|Terry Jean Marze|1981|1989|end=div}}
* {{marriage|Malika Marie Souiri|1992}}
}}
| children = 1
| website     = {{url|samkinison.org}}
| footnotes   =
}}
'''Samuel Burl Kinison''' ({{IPAc-en|ˈ|k|ɪ|n|ɪ|s|ən}} {{respell|KIN|iss|ən}}; December 8, 1953 – April 10, 1992) was an American [[Stand-up comedy|stand-up comedian]] and actor. A former [[Pentecostal]] [[preacher]], he performed stand-up routines that were characterized by intense sudden tirades, punctuated with his distinctive scream, similar to [[Charismatic_Christianity|charismatic]] preachers.  Initially performing for free, Kinison became a regular fixture at [[The Comedy Store]], where he met and eventually befriended such comics as [[Robin Williams]] and [[Jim Carrey]]. Kinison's comedy was crass observational humor, especially towards women and dating, and his popularity grew quickly, leading to appearances on ''[[The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson]]'', ''[[Late Night with David Letterman]]'' and ''[[Saturday Night Live]]''. At the peak of his career in early 1992, he was killed in a car crash, aged 38. 

Kinison received a Grammy nomination in 1988 for the single "[[Wild Thing (The Troggs song)#Other versions|Wild Thing]]" from his ''[[Have You Seen Me Lately?]]'' album, and a posthumous win in 1994 for Best Spoken Comedy Album, ''[[Live from Hell]]''.<ref name="Grammy">{{cite web|url= https://www.grammy.com/grammys/artists/sam-kinison/3786|title=Artist Sam Kinison|work=Grammy.com|access-date=October 26, 2020}}</ref><ref name="TVGuide">{{cite web|url= https://www.tvguide.com/celebrities/sam-kinison/bio/210509/|title=Sam Kinison |work=[[TV Guide]]|access-date=October 26, 2020}}</ref>