Samuel Burl Kinison (/ ˈkɪnɪsən / KIN-iss-ən; December 8, 1953 – April 10, 1992) was an American stand-up comedian and actor. A former Pentecostal preacher, he performed stand …

Nov 7, 2025 · Sam Kinison died on April 10, 1992, after he was hit by another car while driving in Southern California. The already-iconic stand-up comedian was only 38 years old.

Jan 5, 2025 · Sam Kinison tragically passed away in a car crash on April 10, 1992, at the age of 38. Discover the details of his final moments, the accident, and his haunting last words.

Apr 12, 1992 · He was settling down, friends said, sobering up. When he died, he was on his way to a sold-out show in Laughlin, Nev. After the crash, which occurred near Needles, Calif., …

Apr 12, 1992 · Sam Kinison, a former tent preacher who gained fame as a shrieking and often insulting stand-up comedian, was killed Friday night in a head-on automobile crash on a desert …

Apr 26, 2022 · Kinison's pattern of living fast and living hard would eventually catch up to him on the evening of April 10, 1992, when his Trans-Am collided with a pickup truck, injuring his …

Apr 4, 1997 · Sam Kinison died in the desert, talking to God. The high-decibel comic and former Pentecostal preacher was driving U.S. Highway 95 to a sold-out run in Laughlin, Nev., on the …

Apr 14, 1992 · SAN BERNARDINO, Calif. -- Manslaughter charges were filed Tuesday against a Las Vegas youth whose truck slammed head-on into comedian Sam Kinison's car, killing the …

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 " from his Have You Seen Me Lately? …

On April 10, 1992, almost a year after delivering that routine on HBO, Sam Kinison was killed in a head-on collision on that same stretch of arid desert road between Needles and Barstow