What is John Pinette?
[[File:John Pinette 2010.jpg|thumb|Pinette at the 2010 Leukemia Ball.]] '''John Pinette''' ({{IPAc-en|p|ᵻ|ˈ|n|ɛ|t}} {{Respell|pə|NET|'}}; March 23, 1964 &ndash; April 5, 2014) was an [[Americans|American]] [[actor]] and [[stand-up comedian]]. In 1999, he won the Funniest Male Stand-Up Comic title at the [[American Comedy Awards]]. He was a regular guest on ''[[The Tonight Show]]'' and ''[[The View]]''. His [[movie]] credits included ''[[Junior (movie)|Junior]]'' (1994), ''[[The Punisher (movie)|The Punisher]]'' (2004) and ''[[The Last Godfather]]'' (2010). He also appeared in the final episode of ''[[Seinfeld]]'' in 1998. Pinette was born in [[Boston]], [[Massachusetts]]. He was of [[French people|French]] and [[Irish people|Irish]] ancestry. Pinette was found dead after having a [[pulmonary embolism]] on April 5, 2014 in his room at the Sheraton Station Square Hotel in [[Pittsburgh]], [[Pennsylvania]]. He was 50 years old.<ref>{{cite magazine|url=http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/comedian-john-pinette-dead-at-693981|title=Comedian John Pinette Dead at 50|first=Erik|last=Hayden|date=April 6, 2014|accessdate=April 7, 2014|magazine=[[The Hollywood Reporter]]}}</ref> ==References== {{Reflist}} ==Other websites== {{Commons category}} * {{Official|http://www.johnpinette.com/}} * {{IMDb name|0684124}} {{US-actor-stub}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Pinette, John}} [[Category:1964 births]] [[Category:2014 deaths]] [[Category:Actors from Boston]] [[Category:American movie actors]] [[Category:American stand-up comedians]] [[Category:American television actors]] [[Category:Comedians from Boston]] [[Category:Deaths from pulmonary embolism]] [[Category:Disease-related deaths in Pennsylvania]]