Comedian Mike DeStefano, well respected for his brutally honest approach to stand-up comedy, passed away last night after suffering a heart attack.
The comedian was a former heroin addict who had been clean for 11 years and was also HIV positive.
He got his start in the New York comedy scene where he gained a loyal following of fans. DeStefano also gained some mainstream success last year in the most recent season of Last Comic Standing, was set to perform his one-man show A Cherry Tree in NY on Wednesday, He had just finished a run of sold-out shows, as he performed a similar show under the title Drugs, Disease and Death: A Comedy at the Producer’s Club Theater in New York.
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