The sad final days of a funny man: Inside comedian Brody Stevens' tragic death
Howard Kremer hadn't heard from his friend and fellow comedian Brody Stevens for a couple of days. They'd both performed at The Pleasure Chest, a West Hollywood sex shop that hosts a monthly gig called "Performance Anxiety" on Tuesdays. Now it was Friday, Feb. 22, and still no word. A flicker of concern began to tug at him.
The community had experienced this pain before. Five years earlier, in 2014, Robin Williams, then 63, had hanged himself at home. Over the years, other comedians had died too soon, includingregular Richard Jeni in 2007; Greg Giraldo, a frequent guest on Comedy Central roasts, in 2010; and comedy writer Harris Wittels in 2015. Stevens' death by suicide was particularly cruel. More than any other comedian working, he was "obsessed" with mental health, says Hinchcliffe.
Still, comedy is often its own drug. "Some comedians come from really good, loving homes. Some come from crazy, recent tragedy. That's not the thing," says Stevens' manager Dave Rath. "The thing is what they're missing and what they need from strangers to feel accepted." Tourists and newcomers found him baffling and strange. Other comics thought he was a genius. "He was one of only about four comedians that other comedians can actually stand to watch," says Hinchcliffe. Galifianakis described Stevens as "a jock who does performance art.
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