Comedian Neel Nanda dead at 32: ‘A great headliner, gone too soon’
nypost.com“Jimmy Kimmel Live!” and Comedy Central’s “Adam Devine’s House Party,” has reportedly died. He was 32. Several performers and fans mourned Nanda on social media Saturday as the circumstances surrounding his death remained unclear.“It is with a very heavy heart we say goodbye to comedy great, Neel Nanda,” reps for The Port Comedy Club in Baltimore posted Saturday on Instagram. “Absolutely shocked by the news.
Such a positive force for comedy and a huge loss to our community. Rest in Peace Neel.”“Thank you for gracing our stage and piano, a great headliner, gone too soon,” the venue added.
The Post reached out to Nanda’s reps for comment.Born in Atlanta to Indian immigrant parents, Nanda got his start in stand-up comedy by watching several sets on Comedy Central and retelling his favorite jokes to his middle school friends. “I didn’t realize I was stealing jokes until I was in high school,” Nanda told VCReporter in 2018. “When I was in high school I started writing my own jokes using the structure of some of the jokes I had previously stolen.” “I filled up a notebook of jokes and didn’t realize until college that I could go to an open mic and tell them,” he continued.
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