{"id":1564,"date":"2023-02-20T08:50:00","date_gmt":"2023-02-20T15:50:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/efoxley.com\/dope\/?p=1564"},"modified":"2023-02-24T22:59:45","modified_gmt":"2023-02-25T05:59:45","slug":"belzer-dead","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/efoxley.com\/dope\/?p=1564","title":{"rendered":"Belzer Dead"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

So Richard Belzer died. This one stuck with me, as in ’89 I was a little lost and thought “Hey, I’d like to be a stand-up comic!”. Bought his book<\/a>. Changed my mind after reading.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I don’t know – I just remember that book.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But when I read the posting on his death, I renewed my appreciation for his wit\/wisdom. His last words were absolute legend.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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RIP Belzer!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

So Richard Belzer died. This one stuck with me, as in ’89 I was a little lost and thought “Hey, I’d like to be a stand-up comic!”. Bought his book. Changed my mind after reading. I don’t know – I just remember that book. But when I read the posting on his death, I renewed […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}}},"categories":[54,82,41],"tags":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p2toiQ-pe","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":false,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1518,"url":"http:\/\/efoxley.com\/dope\/?p=1518","url_meta":{"origin":1564,"position":0},"title":"Ironic Death","author":"admin","date":"1010.2828.2222","format":false,"excerpt":"I get freedom. 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