UPDATE, with extra data 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 buddies initially believed the accident to be the results of a collision involving DeForest’s bike and a automotive however after consulting an EMS report and discussions with a close-by crossing guard the comedian’s buddies now suspect DeForest was using 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 referred to as to the scene.
In a press release to Deadline, DeForest’s pal and fellow comedian Ryan Beck mentioned, “We’ve discovered extra data at present from an EMS report. Kenny was on an e-bike and crashed. I spoke with crossing guards on the space at present, and am nonetheless searching for extra data. There isn’t any police report as a result of it
was not successful and run as first understood.”
Beck had introduced his buddies loss of life on a GoFundMe web page arrange for DeForest’s household to help with medical payments following the accident. In keeping with 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 mother and father, household, and buddies,” Beck wrote. “Kenny’s last moments included a few of his favourite songs, tales of his childhood, and reminiscences of his intensive positivity and pleasure for all times.”
“He was an incredible individual and comic,” Beck advised Deadline. “All of us within the New York comedy scene are actually 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 at all times stood out. As you possibly can see from his debut late evening set on LNSM, he wasn’t afraid to sort out controversial subjects, however by no means simply to be edgy- at all times in service of an authentic angle and an excellent 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 All the pieces 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 obtainable on YouTube. Watch it beneath.
Born April 23, 1986 in Springfield, Missouri, the place he was would grow to be 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 net collection Reside @ The Apt, and the next yr appeared on NBC’s Late Evening With Seth Meyers.
In 2018 he appeared on MTV Decoded, and the next yr on CBS’ The Late Late Present with James Corden. Different credit embrace a 2019 episode of the Simply For Chortle’s TV collection Straight Up, Stand Up and, the identical yr, Comedy Central’s Tales From The Journey.
A well-known 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 fashion 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 lately accomplished a Nov. 30-Dec. 3 run of exhibits on the Humorous Bone in St. Charles, Missouri. Final evening, 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 will likely be donated: “Even in loss of life he’ll proceed to make significant enhancements within the lives of others.”
Data on survivors was not instantly obtainable.
