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  Ralphie May died from heart disease, coroner announces

  December 8, 2017
  Ralphie May's cause of death has been released by the Clark County Coroner's office in Nevada.
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  Ralphie May, former 'Last Comic Standing' finalist, dead at 45

  October 7, 2017
  Ralphie May, a 2003 Last Comic Standing finalist, has died at age 45.
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  Former 'Last Comic Standing' winners dish about where they are now

  June 14, 2007
  Third-season winner Alonzo Bodden is serving as one of the Last Comic Standing's fifth-season talent scouts, and he has some advice for the new crop of comics as they begin to compete for America's laughs.

• 'Last Comic's Ralphie May enjoying post-show success, but still whining about Dat Phan

  November 4, 2003
  Ralphie May, the runner-up of NBC's summer Last Comic Standing reality series who is currently performing in Las Vegas with fellow contestant Rob Cantrell, has upcoming big events happening in both his professional and personal lives. The big career news: his own upcoming Dreamworks double-disc DVD of his stand-up comedy, the industry's first stand-up two-disk DVD. The personal news: the 500-pound comedian's decision to undergo a gastric bypass procedure later this month. But apparently neither one seems enough to end his public complaining over Phan's win.

• 'Last Comic Standing' finale suffers ratings drop, while winner Dat Phan and others book future gigs

  August 6, 2003
  The votes are in, but were there enough of them? E! Online reports that the ratings for NBC's 2-hour Last Comic Standing finale declined from the ratings of the final performance episode the week before. The finale drew 8.2 million viewers, down from the 8.5 million who had watched the final performances (which placed the show 19th in last week's Nielsens). Although the finale won its time slot in the preliminary ratings, it also drew a smaller audience than the weekly average of 8.3 million viewers. Considering that Last Comic Standing, unlike most reality shows, declined in the ratings as it went along, dropping from a 9.7 million viewer premiere, a second edition can politely be described as questionable.

• Last Comic Standing - Final Performance Episode summary

  August 5, 2003
  Our episode summary for the final performance episode of NBC's reality-comedy show Last Comic Standing, entitled "Watching the Defectives," by AyaK, has been posted. Check it out by clicking here.

• Five remaining 'Last Comic Standing' comedians to have final showdown on July 29

  July 26, 2003
  On Tuesday, July 29, the remaining five comedians on NBC’s “Last Comic Standing” will give their final performances before the viewers vote for whom they feel is the funniest and deserves the title of “Last Comic Standing.” Nearly six months after first performing at the Paris Hotel theater to determine the 10 comedians who moved into the “Comic House” in Los Angeles, California, the five remaining comedians will return to the theater to each perform a 5-minute routine. At the end of the show, viewers will vote by phone or internet for who they feel should be the “Last Comic Standing” and thereby win a talent deal with NBC, a special on Comedy Central and an appearance on “The Tonight Show with Jay Leno.”

• Have some of the finalists on NBC's 'Last Comic Standing' been revealed?

  July 19, 2003
  Ain't It Cool News reports that one of its correspondents may have heard a radio interview that revealed two, and possibly three, of the final five contestants on NBC's Last Comic Standing.

• 'Last Comic Standing' draws highest Adults 18-49 rating since premiere

  July 9, 2003
  According to updated in-home viewing figures from Nielsen Media Research, from 9-10 PM ET, “Last Comic Standing” (3.7/11 in 18-49, 7.8 million viewers overall) achieved its highest 18-49 rating since the show’s June 10 debut.

• Ratings: 'Last Comic Standing' wins timeslot, draws 7.9 million viewers overall

  July 3, 2003
  According to updated in-home viewing figures from Nielsen Media Research, the July 1 episode of “Last Comic Standing” (3.5/11 in 18-49, 7.9 million viewers overall) ruled its Tuesday 9PM ET hour, winning in most key demographics, households and total viewers and leading the key 18-49 category by a commanding 35 percent margin.

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