By M&C News Nov 6, 2007, 16:36 GMT
One of the "Original Latin Divas of Comedy" and star of Martin Lawrence's "First Amendment Stand Up", comic Marilyn Martinez passed away this past weekend from cancer. Marilyn died Saturday, November 3rd.
Marilyn Martinez' sets were considered some of the best in Latin-flavored comedy.
Martinez worked with many comedy greats. Chris Rock, Andrew "Dice" Clay, George Lopez, Joe Rogan, Martin Lawrence, Carlos Mencia, Cheech Marin, Damon Wayans, Monique Marvez, Paul Rodriguez, Dane Cook, Pauly Shore and Eva Longoria, all counted themselves as big fans of Marilyn's work.
Cheech brought Marilyn on tour with him all last year; Martin Lawrence featured her on his First Amendment series for Starz channel this year (review).
Carlos Mencia worked with Marilyn on several shows earlier this year and Pauly Shore featured her in his 2003 film, “Pauly Shore is Dead.”
Paul Rodriguez also toured with Marilyn.
In recent years Marilyn was in the first season of SiTV’s Reality Show “Urban Jungle” where she played Matriarch to a house full of spoiled young adults. She was also seen in the “Hot Tamales” with Eva Longoria as well as in the movie, “For Da Love of Money,” and Damon Wayans, “My Wife and Kids”.
Marilyn was also one of Comedy Store owner Mitzy Shore's favorites, and was considered to be one of the Comedy Store legends.
Most recently she co-headlined and was able to showcase her true uncompromised talent on Showtime's "Original Latin Divas of Comedy."
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