Patrice O'Neal

After the sad news that comedian Patrice O'Neal died this week, it got a lot of us thinking about how necessary humor is in this world and how deeply we feel the loss when a master of the craft is taken from us.

We all got some very bad news today as one of the funniest comics working today, Patrice O'Neal, passed today. He was only 41 years old. Firstly, I want to wish my condolences to his family and friends. Secondly, we decided to honor Patrice with our Top 5 Tuesday Topic. Without further adieu, here are my 5 favorite stand-ups of all time.