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Opinion Loss of great comedian/entertainer John Pinette should be noted: Letter Updated: Dec. 29, 2014, 4:58 p.m. | Published: Dec. 29, 2014, 3:58 p.m. JOHN PINETTE By South Jersey Times Letters ...

Last year, he interrupted a comedy tour to undergo treatment for a prescription drug addiction. “John had become a sober person,” Schapiro told the Pittsburgh Post Gazette after Pinette’s death.

Comedian John Pinette, 50; was Malden native Globe Staff,April 10, 2014, 12:00 a.m.

The Boston comedy scene is a whole lot sadder today after the death of longtime comic and Malden homey John Pinette, who died in a Pittsburgh hotel room over the weekend. “If you saw John’s ...

John Pinette, the stand-up comedian known for poking fun at his weight and who portrayed a hapless carjacking victim in the final episode of Seinfeld has died. He was 50.

Pittsburg - John Pinette, a stand-up comedian who guest-starred as the victim of a carjacking in the final episode of the comedy show Seinfeld, has died at age 50, an official said on Sunday.

John Pinette, the portly stand-up comedian who portrayed a hapless carjacking victim in the final episode of “Seinfeld,” died April 5 at a hotel in Pittsburgh. He was 50. The Allegheny County ...

PITTSBURGH, Penn. — Comedian John Pinette was found dead in a Pittsburgh hotel room Saturday, the Allegheny County medical examiner’s office said Monday. Pinette, 50, died of natural ca… ...