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Birth Name: Mitchell Hedberg
Occupation: Stand-up Comedian
Birth date: Feb. 24, 1968
Birth place: St. Paul, Minn.
Death date: March 30, 2005
Death place: Livingston, New Jersey
Burial location: Roselawn Cemetery in Roseville, Minn.
Famous Tagline: "Rice is great when you are hungry and want 2000 of something"
Hair color: Brown
Spouse: Lynn Shawcroft
. Mitch married Canadian comedian Lynn Shawcroft on Feb. 25th, 1999
. He graduated from Harding High School in Saint Paul, Minn.
. Before his death, Mitch was reportedly preparing for an HBO comedy special, which was his ultimate goal to achieve as a stand-up comedian
. Variety Magazine named Mitch one of its "10 comics to watch"
. He once lived at the famed Chelsea Hotel in New York City
. Hedberg could be heard as the voice of Jimmy John's radio advertisements during the months leading up to and after his death. Jimmy John's felt that there was no need to pull the ads after he died as Mitch's name was never actually used in the commercials
. Mitch was the voice of the Atlanta Thrashers "Hockey Love" ad campaign in 2002 and 2003
. Every performance of the "Insomniac" tour, headed by Hedberg friend and former tour mate Dave Attell, featured a toast to Hedberg at the end of the show
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