# Mitch Hedberg is dead

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mitch-hedberg-is-dead/297230>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [April 1, 2005, 2:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mitch-hedberg-is-dead/297230 "2005-04-01T14:14:32Z")\
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**Author:** ![wasson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/4da419/32.png) [@wasson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wasson)\
**Post date:** [April 1, 2005, 2:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mitch-hedberg-is-dead/297230/1 "2005-04-01T14:14:32Z")

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My favorite stand up comic died way ahead of his time last night. In rememberance of him, here’s my favorite Mitch Hedberg quote of all time:

“I bought a doughnut and they gave me a receipt for the doughnut. I don’t need a receipt for the doughnut - I’ll just give you money and you give me the doughnut. End of transaction. We don’t need to bring ink and paper into this. I can’t imagine a scenario in which I would need to prove that I bought a doughnut. Some skeptical friend… don’t even act like I didn’t buy a doughnut, I’ve got the documentation right here. Oh wait, it’s back home in the file… under “D”, for doughnut.”

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**Author:** ![friedo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/8edcca/32.png) [@friedo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/friedo)\
**Post date:** [April 1, 2005, 2:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mitch-hedberg-is-dead/297230/2 "2005-04-01T14:34:06Z")

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You sure it’s not an April Fool’s joke?

I really like Mitch.

“Sometimes when I’m bored, I like to dress up like a pilot and get drunk at the airport bar.”  
“My favorite invention is the escalator. Because an escalator can never break. It can only become stairs.”

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**Author:** ![wasson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/4da419/32.png) [@wasson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wasson)\
**Post date:** [April 1, 2005, 2:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mitch-hedberg-is-dead/297230/3 "2005-04-01T14:41:55Z")

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> **[Google News](https://news.google.com/search?hl=en-US&lr&client=firefox-a&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&tab=wn&ie=ISO-8859-1&q=mitch%2Bhedberg&btnG=Search%2BNews&gl=US&ceid=US:en)**
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Looks legit to me.

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**Author:** ![The\_Chao\_Goes\_Mu](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_chao_goes_mu/32/3191_2.png) [@The\_Chao\_Goes\_Mu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Chao_Goes_Mu)\
**Post date:** [April 1, 2005, 2:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mitch-hedberg-is-dead/297230/4 "2005-04-01T14:46:25Z")

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Unfortunately it’s no joke. See this thread[MITCH](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=309576) in Cafe Society started yesterday.  
☹

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**Author:** ![Mint\_Julep](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/bc79bd/32.png) [@Mint\_Julep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mint_Julep)\
**Post date:** [April 1, 2005, 3:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mitch-hedberg-is-dead/297230/5 "2005-04-01T15:31:15Z")

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I hate to hear that. He was a very funny man and so young.