Mike DeStefano

His second gig was at a Narcotics Anonymous convention in Atlanta, Georgia, where he stepped before the microphone after a rained-out pool party and started ranting about drugs.[5] A regular at clubs in New York and around the country, DeStefano gained popularity after appearing on television on Comedy Central’s Live at Gotham.DeStefano was also an executive producer on the special, which was dedicated to their friend, comedian Greg Giraldo, who had died of a drug overdose in September.DeStefano's wife, Franny, died of AIDS, which he talks about in "The Junkie and the Monk", recorded for The Moth on Jan 23, 2009.DeStefano's death came just days before he was scheduled to perform his one-man show, A Cherry Tree in the Bronx, in New York.
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