Obituaries

John Pinette, Comedian, Malden Catholic Grad, Dies at 50

Pinette died of natural causes Saturday at a hotel in Pittsburgh.

John Pinette, a Malden Catholic graduate and stand-up comedian who played the carjacking victim on the last episode of “Seinfeld,” died of natural causes Saturday at a hotel in Pittsburgh, according to an AP report on Boston.com. He was 50.

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