Richard Jeni, RIP

This is sad news.

Richard Jeni, a standup comedian who played to sold-out crowds, was a regular on the "Tonight Show" and appeared in movies, died of a gunshot wound in an apparent suicide, police said Sunday.

Police found the 49-year-old comedian alive but gravely injured in a West Hollywood home when they responded to a call Saturday morning from Jeni's girlfriend, Los Angeles Police Officer Norma Eisenman said.

Eisenman said the caller told police: "My boyfriend shot himself in the face."

Jeni died at a nearby hospital.

Jeni's 1992 HBO special, "Platypus Man," was screamingly funny. I still remember parts of it, even though I haven't seen it since the 90s, probably. His special a couple of years ago, "A Big, Steaming Pile of Me" was not as drop-dead funny in my opinion, but was still quite good.