Samuel "Sam" Burl Kinison (December 8 1953 - April 10 1992) was an American stand-up comedian and actor. Kinison was famous for his extremely vitriolic humor and dark, sombre outfits. A former revival-style preacher, his standup routines were most often characterized by intense, angry ranting and punctuated by his trademark scream. Kinison was voted #20 in Comedy Central's 100 Greatest Stand-ups of All Time.
Standup comic.
Started out as preacher, traveled all over the southern U.S. doing tent based revivals.
Interred at Memorial Park Cemetery, Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA. Memorial Park Cemetery is located 2 miles East of Interstate 44 (or 1.5 miles West of highway 169), at 51st St and Memorial Ave. Sam's burial site is next to his father and brother in Section 28 - Garden of the Apostles (Southeast quadrant), in the middle of the cemetery.
A long-time hard drinker and drug user, Sam Kinison was (ironically) killed in a traffic accident by a drunk driver.
Father was a preacher
Was originally chosen to be Al Bundy on Married...with Children. He guest- starred as Al's guardian angel on It's A Bundyful Life
Was born on the same day as actress Kim Basinger.
His trademark scream "Ahh-ohhh-ahhh!" is sampled in Anthrax's recording of "I'm The Man"
He was a good friend of shock jock Howard Stern (I), who had written about his friendship with Sam as a nice tribute in his autobiography Miss America, his follow up to Private Parts.
The long grey coat Kinison often wore early in his career actually belonged to Richard Widmark. Kinison was friends with Widmark's daughter and took the coat from his house.
