A comic featured on “America’s Acquired Expertise” and “The Late Late Present with James Corden” died after being struck by a automobile in a hit-and-run within the Tarzana space late Thursday night time, in line with the Los Angeles County Medical Examiner.
Perry Kurtz, 73, was hit by a grey Honda Civic whereas crossing Ventura Boulevard east of Corbin Avenue at round 11:20 p.m.
“The Honda continued eastbound failing to cease, determine self, or render assist as required by regulation,” the Los Angeles Police Division stated in an announcement.
Kurtz, who was from Philadelphia, was pronounced lifeless on the scene by responding paramedics, police stated. An LAPD spokesperson couldn’t verify whether or not Kurtz was hit in a crosswalk or not.
The suspected driver — 18-year-old Nathon Jaimes, of Reseda — was arrested at his house at round 3:20 a.m. and booked on suspicion of a hit-and-run inflicting loss of life, a felony, in line with arrest information. He was launched Friday on a $30,000 bond and his subsequent court docket date is Sept. 13.
On Thursday night time, Kurtz had posted a brief video on Fb of him performing throughout karaoke hour at Pat’s Cocktail Lounge, a bar about 10 miles from the crash web site.
Kurtz was a comic for 51 years, in line with his Linkedin profile. “Purpose: To make everybody on the earth giggle at the least as soon as. Perhaps twice …” his profile reads.
He began his profession in 1973, when he took a gaggle of pals to enter a expertise contest at a New Jersey saloon, he instructed Shoutout LA in a 2022 interview. He received $250, then determined he needs to be a comic and moved to San Francisco six years later to pursue comedy, he stated.
Kurtz rapped to an unimpressed group of judges, together with Howard Stern, on the eighth season of “America’s Acquired Expertise” and was eradicated from the competitors. He appeared on “The Late Late Present with James Corden” in 2018, and performed a keyboard guitar together with his tongue. His title seems on the facet of the Comedy Retailer in Los Angeles, the place he was a paid common since 1989.
