Kudos: Carla Zilbersmith

Occupation Retired performer, theater teacher

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Achievement Self-described as “kind of an NC17 Randy Pausch,” the comedian has made thousands of people laugh out loud at jokes — often scandalously dirty jokes — about her impending death and about ALS, one of the worst diseases imaginable.

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