While Grizzard made fun of others, he joked about himself the most. His friend, former Atlanta Mayor Andrew Young, once called him a “smart-ass white boy,” which Lewis loved so much that he ...

If Lewis Grizzard had lived, he would be 70. But he didn't. He died from complications after his fourth heart surgery at Emory Hospital in Atlanta on March 20, 1994. The next day newspapers kept ...

Lewis Grizzard was thoroughly Southern, and, to many, he gave voice to the region through changing times. Born at Fort Benning on Oct. 20, 1946, Grizzard would, after graduating from the ...

I miss Lewis Grizzard. Of course, I fully understand if anyone reading this column under the age of 40 might exclaim, “Who is Lewis Grizzard?” Perhaps the title of one of his humorous books ...

Lewis Grizzard, whose down-home humor in columns and books such as Daddy Was a Pistol and I'm a Son of a Gun delighted and sometimes enraged readers, died Sunday. He was 47.

Lewis Grizzard, whose down-home humor in columns and books such as "Daddy Was a Pistol and I'm a Son of a Gun" delighted and sometimes enraged readers, died Sunday. He was 47.

Since Lewis Grizzard (L.G.) died in 1994 at the age of 47 modern generations do not always relate to his discussions on some topics that may be controversial in his acknowledged form of comedy ...

Lewis Grizzard: in His Own Words has toured to 14 states in over 700 sold-out performances across the south. The show is presented in two acts and runs 90 minutes.

Lewis Grizzard on Fear Lewis Grizzard. Longstreet Press, $6.95 (64pp) ISBN 978-0-929264-21-9 ``I held out against airplanes for years, but finally the travel demands of my profession forced me to ...

Only Lewis Grizzard could do justice to the epic tale of the University of Georgia Bulldogs winning the national championship in football.. Maybe you’ve heard that the Dawgs just beat the evil ...