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I corrected the spelling and a little bit of the grammar, but the article is still an infantile eyesore.

Deleted speculative material.

Deleted stuff about Kinison talking before his own death, supposedly about his death. Also deleted stuff about how he might've survived if not for moving around.

The text deleted actually said things like "It is speculated that..." and "it is said that...he is said to have said..." Please, that's junior high.

I don't know that this didn't happen, but it needs to be sourced or verified. The article even gives the impresion that he was alone, so who saw this stuff happen? At the very least it needs a sourced for who reported it. The article still needs a lot of work, but I saw those two paragraphs and couldn't leave them to give some young naive person a false sense of mysticism clouding their understanding of a great comedian.

So, if it happened and someone witnessed it, then cite it. Or, if it's a popular urban legend, then label it as such. But otherwise, leave the "To this day, no one really knows what happened....but some say..." crap to bad television specials.

Where he died

Does anyone know the exact highway number he was killed on? (unsigned)

According to findadeath.com, if you start in LA, head east on I-40, then head north on I-95 at the interchange, it's either three or four miles north of the interchange. --Jkonrath 19:04, 7 April 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Kinison's place of birth

Underneath the picture it says Kinison was born in Peoria, Illinois, but the article states he was born in Yakima, Washington. Which one is it?

Guitar used in Wild Thing

I'm pretty sure he was playing a custom Kramer Jersey Star, not a Stratocaster. This site should have a picture of it on there under classics in the guitar section. Perhaps someone can take a look at the video and compare?Bryanedp9 16:53, 26 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

helpful

Maybe it would help people understand the Libyan jokes better if it were clarified that when Mr. Kinison was alluding to "Where do they keep the baby girl" he is talking about how American bombers killed Gaddafi's baby daughter. 68.49.242.230 23:57, 30 January 2007 (UTC)ahassan05[reply]

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 I'm pretty sure he was playing a custom Kramer Jersey Star, not a Stratocaster.  [http://www.vintagekramer.com This site] should have a picture of it on there under classics in the guitar section.  Perhaps someone can take a look at the video and compare?[[User:Bryanedp9|Bryanedp9]] 16:53, 26 October 2006 (UTC)
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+Maybe it would help people understand the Libyan jokes better if it were clarified that when Mr. Kinison was alluding to "Where do they keep the baby girl" he is talking about how American bombers killed Gaddafi's baby daughter.
+[[User:68.49.242.230|68.49.242.230]] 23:57, 30 January 2007 (UTC)ahassan05