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When my mother died, I had to go on air that night and do jokes.

— Graham Kennedy

Sentiment: NEGATIVE

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✓Similar Perspectives

My mom died when I was 8.

— Lisa Guerrero

My mum died when I was 11.

— Romy Madley Croft

My mom died when I was 11 years old.

— Tory Lanez

In the seventeenth year of my age my mother died.

— William Lilly

My mum passing away wasn't funny, but that funeral and what I went through, the things that happened, looking back at it, there were funny moments. You have to be strong enough to look back at it, to sit and assess the situation.

— Kevin Hart

Mum was an amazing parent and my best pal. The tragedy of it, really, was that she died from breast cancer just as I was becoming a man, aged 17, and we were just starting to speak as adults. She was snatched away, and it felt cruel. She made me laugh.

— Robert Webb

If my mother hadn't laughed at the funny things I did, I probably wouldn't be a comic actor. After she had her first heart attack, the doctor said, 'Try to make her laugh.' And that was the first time I tried to make anyone laugh.

— Gene Wilder

Life was a funny thing that happened to me on the way to the grave.

— Quentin Crisp

Losing my mum. That was a punch-me moment.

— Stella McCartney

✗Opposing Perspectives

Mom was so funny and loving to us kids. She was our first audience. When my dad died, I was suddenly alone in the house with her because my two older brothers were away at college. I was the man of the house, and she was the grieving woman.

— Billy Crystal