Did Famed Comedian Argue with God Before He Died?

It was April 10, 1992 when famed comedian Sam Kinison was on his way to Laughlin, Nevada to perform at a sold-out show in his 1989 Pontiac Trans Am. Out of nowhere a pickup truck driven by a 17-year-old crossed the center lane and slammed into Kinison.

Kinison’s brother was on the scene and reported that the comedian’s body was pushed between the seats of the car. He was alive and there weren’t any apparent injuries that anyone could see.

His brother, with the help of friend Carl LaBove who had been following in a van, tried to encourage Kinison to lie down and relax. It was then that Kinnison began to look off into the distance and began talking to a force unseen. “I don’t want to die. I don’t want to die,” he told the force.

LaBove explained, “It was as if he was having a conversation, talking to some unseen somebody else, but some unseen person.”

Kinison paused and listened to the unseen being deliver a message. He then asked, “But why?” and then paused again to listen.

“Okay, okay…. okay,” Kinison then responded.

LaBove said that the final “okay” was softly spoken. “The last ‘okay’ was so soft and at peace,” said LaBove. “Whatever voice was talking to him gave him the right answer and he just relaxed with it. He was so sweet…