I think that still was there. Use the links under “See more…” to quickly search for other people with the same last name in the same cemetery, city, county, etc. “But yet when you see him in comedy, which is really what he should have been doing, his strongest point was his stage presence,” Bill said. Bill Kinison of Upland, California, is the author of “Brother Sam: The Short, Spectacular Life of Sam Kinison.” He took part in a phone interview to fill in some blanks about his brother’s Tulsa connections. Kevin Earl Kinison: Birthdate: July 07, 1959: Death: May 06, 1988 (28) Tulsa, Tulsa County, Oklahoma, United States Immediate Family: Son of Rev. An autopsy revealed that he had suffered from a dislocated neck, torn aorta and torn blood vessels within his abdominal cavity. “So, yeah, they would have been like, ‘I always loved you Sam.’ I don’t think that Sam ever intended on going back and preaching in churches. Sam would tell people that the comedy — the Hollywood Sam — was an act. Are you sure that you want to remove this flower? Many people who knew Sam only from the family church had never sampled his outside work and would ask, “How you doing, Brother Sam? From that point on, he spent more time in Tulsa than he did anywhere else, according to Bill. To suggest a change to a cemetery page, visit the Cemetery Corrections forum.
For help using the website visit our help page or contact support@findagrave.com. Thank you for fulfilling this photo request. “We were very respectful of them — and not counting we were scared to death of our mother.”. You name it. ). Is your comedy going good?”, Said Bill: “The vast majority of the church I don’t think ever realized that Sam was a major star.”. Save to an Ancestry Tree, a virtual cemetery, your clipboard for pasting or Print. She eventually married another preacher, Dr. Austin “Drew” A.D. Marney, founder of the Rays of Faith Tabernacle in Tulsa. It was an emotional service for Sam because he was on the verge of hitting it big in comedy and he knew it was his last time to preach at the church.
“A lot of times we would go out to the movies or go out and eat and it was just like people didn’t even realize who he was, yet — any other part of the country, we couldn’t do that.”.
Add to your scrapbook. The family bought eight plots at Memorial Park when youngest brother, Kevin, died amid suspicious circumstances in 1988. The Tribune story said he had appeared “almost on the sly” at Joker’s Comedy Club the previous year to record something for his third album. In 1992, Kinison died shortly after an automobile crash in California, due to internal injuries resulting from the accident. Garry Shandling. Sam’s comedic material suggested he had no taboos. “But I told him many times that I think he affected more people out of the ministry in comedy — and I’m not talking about in the shows; I’m talking about one-on-one — than he ever did in the ministry. He certainly could have performed in Tulsa earlier, if that’s what he wanted to do. Because he defied censors and told jokes about drug use and religion in one of his SNL appearances, he was “banned for life” by NBC. I really think he intended, if he went back in the ministry, (to go) into civic centers and auditoriums. At 16, he ran away from home for two years. Son of Rev. We just loved it. “We knew we would all be there, and we just wanted Dad with us,” Bill said.
“It may be different than any other profession.