Date 12/07/2018 - News People
(CNN) The intimate bond that comedians forge with an audience makes their loss feel more intimate and personal. What remains somewhat mysterious -- and at times mystifying -- is the darker side of stand-up, which has contributed to the premature deaths of so many comedy stars. CNN tackles part of that in its latest iteration of the series "History of Comedy," with an episode titled, appropriately, "Gone Too Soon." HBO, meanwhile, is taking another deep dive into the tortured recesses of comedic genius, as the network follows its four-hour look at Garry Shandling with " Robin Williams: Come Inside My Mind," an equally personal (if half as long) dissection of the comic/actor who tragically died by suicide in 2014.
