This is a hard video to watch, but it’s one of the most powerful, heartbreakingly honest testimonials from a comedian we’ve seen. Here, world-renowned comic Anthony Griffith talks what it was like trying to earn his living as a clown on The Tonight Show while suffering the ultimate tragedy — the loss of his daughter to cancer.
It’s a little long, but will keep you glued to the screen every moment of it:
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Heart-wrenching.