Ralphie May

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Ralphie May

Ralph Duren "Ralphie" May (born February 17, 1972 in Chattanooga , Tennessee ; † October 6, 2017 in Las Vegas ) was an American comedian and actor .

life and career

May graduated from High School for the Performing and Visual Arts and then moved to Los Angeles in hopes of pursuing a career in the entertainment industry . In 2003 he took part in the first season of the talent show Last Comic Standing , in which he took second place and was only defeated in the final against Dat Phan . He then appeared on comedy shows such as The Wayne Brady Show and The Big Black Comedy Show . In 2004 May, who was already very overweight as a teenager, took part in the VH-1 show Celebrity Fit Club to reduce his weight.

His first stage program Just Correct appeared in 2005 , followed by the four Comedy Central specials Girth of a Nation (2006), Prime Cut (2007), Austin-tatious (2008) and Too Big To Ignore (2012). For Netflix he acted in the specials Unruly (2015) and Imperfectly Yours (2015).

May had been married to his colleague Lahna Turner since 2005, with whom he had two children. The couple separated in 2015 but remained married until May's death. On October 6, 2017, May suffered cardiac arrest as a result of pneumonia .

Filmography

  • 2002: For Da Love of Money
  • 2003: Just Correct
  • 2005: Big Black Comedy: Vol. 2 and 4
  • 2006: Girth of a Nation
  • 2007: Prime Cut
  • 2007: Bangin 'With Ralphie May
  • 2008: The Best of Comics Unleashed With Byron Allen
  • 2008: Austin-Tatious
  • 2012: Too Big to Ignore
  • 2013: Imperfectly Yours
  • 2013: Squidbillies
  • 2015: Unruly
  • 2016: Inside Amy Schumer
  • 2017: Penn & Teller: Fool Us

Web links

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Ralphie May . Comedy Central . Retrieved February 27, 2015.
  2. ↑ Jeff Rusnak: Ralphie May Succeeds On Stage, But Not By Throwing His Weight Around , Sun-Sentinel . May 7, 2004. 
  3. ↑ Jay Cridlin: For comic Ralphie May, health scare in Tampa was life-changing experience , Tampa Bay Times . December 5th, 2011. Archived from the original on October 7th, 2017 Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. . Retrieved October 6, 2017. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.tampabay.com 
  4. ↑ Ralphie May: Prime Cut (2007) . The New York Times
  5. ↑ Comedians Ralphie May and Lahna Turner are new parents celebritybabies.people.com. September 17, 2007
  6. ↑ Ralphie May welcomes a son celebritybabies.people.com. June 26, 2009
  7. ↑ Ralphie May's wife Lahna Turner files divorce tmz.com
  8. ↑ Dave Nemetz: Ralphie May, Stand-Up Comic and 'Last Comic Standing' Finalist, Dead at 45 . October 6, 2017. Retrieved October 7, 2017.
personal data
SURNAME May, Ralphie
ALTERNATIVE NAMES May, Ralph Duren
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American comedian and actor
DATE OF BIRTH 17th February 1972
PLACE OF BIRTH Chattanooga , Tennessee
DATE OF DEATH October 6, 2017
Place of death Las Vegas