He was 76 years old. Webwhat results is one of the most fascinating comedy albums ever recorded. The album was called the day the laughter died and it’s simply a brutal assault on the. Webanother modern example of laughter potentially causing someone to die came about in the 1980s, when a danish man allegedly laughed so hard it killed him. Webtoronto — comedian joe flaherty, a founding member of the beloved canadian sketch series sctv, has died. His daughter gudrun said.