On Kevin Knox's Facebook fan page an all-capped status update states that Kevin Knox has died.

Since this is the second comedian to be reported dead today (the first being Ken Ober, and we're not sure if that rumor has been definitively squashed), we're not sure if this one is real. But all indications are that it is true.

Knox battled cancer for several years. And the latest of several benefits for Knox was held a week ago last night at the Charles Playhouse.

From our last encounter, an April, 2006 posting:

He appeared to us to be spunkier and more full of pep than 99 per cent of the people we encountered in Las Vegas over the previous 36 hours. He casually mentioned that he ran four miles that day. (This four-mile thing only scratches the surface. He gives mini motivational speeches on the importance of diet, exercise and positive mental attitude with just the slightest provocation. There can be no doubting his veracity. He is obviously motivated and he is obviously beating cancer.) Coming to a comedy club near you, Kevin Knox.