Personal Life
In 1961, Carlin married Brenda Hosbrook (August 5, 1936 – May 11, 1997), whom he had met while touring the previous year. The couple's only child, a daughter named Kelly, was born on June 15, 1963. In 1971, the couple renewed their wedding vows in Las Vegas. Brenda died of liver cancer in 1997, a day before Carlin's 60th birthday.
On June 24, 1998, Carlin married Sally Wade, in a private, unregistered ceremony. The marriage lasted until he died, two days before their tenth anniversary.
Although raised in the Roman Catholic faith, which Carlin described anecdotally on the albums FM & AM and Class Clown, religion, God, and particularly religious adherents were frequent subjects of criticism in his routines. He described what he saw as the flaws of organized religion in interviews and performances, notably with his "Religion" and "There Is No God" routines as heard in You Are All Diseased. His views on religion are also mentioned in his last HBO stand up show It's Bad for Ya, where he mocked the traditional swearing on the Bible as "bullshit", "make believe", and "kids' stuff". In It's Bad for Ya, Carlin ridiculed religion by listing the types of hats religions ban or require as part of their practices. He mentions that he would never want to be a part of a group that requires or bans the wearing of hats. Carlin also joked in his second book, Brain Droppings, that he worshipped the Sun, one reason being that he could see it.
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