UPDATE, with extra info and clarification: Kenny DeForest, a preferred stand-up comedian who made appearances on Late Evening with Seth Meyers and The Late Late Present with James Corden, HBO’s Crashing and Comedy Central’s Tales From The Journey, died Wednesday at a Brooklyn hospital days after what’s now believed to be a single-vehicle e-bike accident on Dec. 8. He was 37.
Household and mates initially believed the accident to be the results of a collision involving DeForest’s bike and a automobile however after consulting an EMS report and discussions with a close-by crossing guard the comedian’s mates now suspect DeForest was driving an e-bike and by some means crashed on the Rogers
Avenue and Sterling Place intersection close to Brooklyn’s Prospect Park.
An EMS report was filed, however the NYPD apparently was not known as to the scene.
In an announcement to Deadline, DeForest’s pal and fellow comedian Ryan Beck stated, “We’ve discovered extra info in the present day from an EMS report. Kenny was on an e-bike and crashed. I spoke with crossing guards on the space in the present day, and am nonetheless looking for extra info. There is no such thing as a police report as a result of it
was not successful and run as first understood.”
Beck had introduced his mates dying on a GoFundMe web page arrange for DeForest’s household to help with medical payments following the accident. Based on Beck, DeForest had undergone neurological surgical procedure to take away a bit of his cranium and relieve stress from a mind bleed.
“Kenny died on Wednesday December thirteenth at Kings County Hospital surrounded by his dad and mom, household, and mates,” Beck wrote. “Kenny’s ultimate moments included a few of his favourite songs, tales of his childhood, and recollections of his intensive positivity and pleasure for all times.”
“He was an incredible individual and comic,” Beck informed Deadline. “All of us within the New York comedy scene are really devastated.”
Yesterday, the social media web page of Late Evening with Seth Meyers, posted, “Kenny DeForest was a universally beloved comic who died tragically, and far too younger. His relaxed, assured supply all the time stood out. As you may see from his debut late night time set on LNSM, he wasn’t afraid to deal with controversial subjects, however by no means simply to be edgy- all the time in service of an unique angle and an incredible joke. It’s a disgrace we received’t get to see what he comes up with subsequent.”
“Kenny DeForest was one of many funniest and most beloved comics any of us knew,” wrote comedian and Adam Ruins Every little thing host Adam Conover on Instagram. “A tragedy. Watch his particular on YouTube. It got here out three months in the past. It’s lovely.”
Kenny DeForest – Don’t You Know Who I Am?, his comedy particular shot at Brooklyn’s The Gutter and launched in August, and is accessible on YouTube. Watch it beneath.
Born April 23, 1986 in Springfield, Missouri, the place he was would change into a part of a rising stand-up comedy scene earlier than relocating to New York Metropolis, DeForest made his breakthrough efficiency in 2016 on the internet sequence Stay @ The Apt, and the next 12 months appeared on NBC’s Late Evening With Seth Meyers.
In 2018 he appeared on MTV Decoded, and the next 12 months on CBS’ The Late Late Present with James Corden. Different credit embrace a 2019 episode of the Simply For Chortle’s TV sequence Straight Up, Stand Up and, the identical 12 months, Comedy Central’s Tales From The Journey.
A well-recognized presence on the New York stand-up scene, DeForest launched his debut stand-up album B.A.D. Goals in 2017, and was invited in 2018 to carry out on the Simply For Laughs Comedy Competition in Montreal. His comedy type has been described as wry and mild, with an “ever-evolving jaded-optimistic POV on what it means to be alive on this planet at this second…”
DeForest just lately accomplished a Nov. 30-Dec. 3 run of reveals on the Humorous Bone in St. Charles, Missouri. Final night time, the comedy membership posted a tribute message on Instagram that reads, “@kennydeforest you have been one of many funniest, kindest individuals to stroll the face this planet and we’re all feeling so grateful for our time with you and can miss you tremendously!”
The GoFundMe web page signifies that DeForest’s organs shall be donated: “Even in dying he’ll proceed to make significant enhancements within the lives of others.”
Info on survivors was not instantly obtainable.
