Greg Giraldo, 44, a stand-up comedian who specialized in rants and insult-filled roasts, died on Wednesday, Sept. 29, 2010, at the Robert Wood Johnson Hospital in New Brunswick, N.J., after being ...

Best known as an insult comic on many of Comedy Central’s celebrity roasts, Greg Giraldo has earned a reputation for his biting tongue and unrestrained honesty. But when he’s not doling out ...

Greg was so desperate for work, he OD'd just so his friends would roast him at a crematorium. Greg Giraldo will be missed, and the comedy world lost a good one. Roast in peace, funny man.

Giraldo returns to Comedy Central tonight with his hour-long special, "Greg Giraldo: Midlife Vices," airing at 10. He spoke to the Star Thursday from his Manhattan apartment.

The other day, the British hosts of the Triggernometry podcast, Francis Foster and Konstantin Kisin, interviewed one of them, an Estonian comedian in his early 30s whom I’ve never heard of before.