How Did Sam Kinison Die?
At that moment, Bill told him, “I can’t do this anymore. I’m done.” Not long before Kinison died, Bill thought his brother was about to return to the preaching life, alongside his comedy career. But Kinison got lost.
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On April 10, 1992, five days after marrying his 27-year-old girlfriend, Malika Souiri (in a typical “Yeah, I’m going to do it like a tattoo, man” way), Kinison died in a car accident. His white 1989 Pontiac Trans Am was crashed into by a pickup truck near Needles, California, on Route 95.