Ralphie May

At 45 years old, Ralphie May has this physical status:

Ralph Duren May (February 17, 1972 – October 6, 2017) was an American stand-up comedian and actor best known for his extensive touring and comedy specials on Netflix and other outlets.

Early life

May was born in Chattanooga, Tennessee, and raised in Clarksville, Arkansas. He was the youngest of four children.

He won a competition to open for Sam Kinison, who regarded him as his idol at age 17. "The joke that he loved the best was talking about the drummer (Rick Allen) from Def Leppard," May explained. "I felt awful about listening to him after he lost his arm.' Not that I'm biased against handicapped people, but rather the fact that I applauded, it was insulting to him. "Ha!"

Ha!

Look at my use of two hands!"'"

Kinison suggested that May move to Houston to further develop his comedy routine. May graduated from the High School for Performing and Visual Arts.

Personal life

Lahna Turner, a May married comedian, died on July 3, 2005. Two children were born in September 2007 and a son in June 2009. In October 2015, the couple filed for divorce and requested joint custody of their children, but their separation could never be confirmed.

May suffered with obesity throughout his life. He appeared on VH1's Celebrity Fit Club and underwent gastric bypass surgery in 2004, which reduced his body mass to 350 pounds (160 kg). May lost 40 pounds after a bout of viral pneumonia on a cruise in October 2011. He died of a nearly fatal pulmonary embolism on a cruise ship, where a blood clot in his leg became lodged in an artery.

May spoke with his grandmother, who he credited with helping him and his siblings while they were young. May wrote in the Arkansas Times in 2012, "Thank goodness for my grandmother; she was a jerk." She was very helpful, she held us in a stature way above our expectations and made sure we were taken care of as far as clean clothes and shoes were concerned." His grandmother is also mentioned in his Facebook biography. "My grandmother taught me how to crochet and quilted when I was a child, and that's just how I do an act." I have one-liners, I have dirty jokes, but I also have long stories that are ten or 20 minutes long, and jokes have appeared every eight seconds. It's a different world. And it's a different life than any of us have lived."

In an interview with the Arkansas Times in 2012, he discussed growing up in Clarksville, shedding light on some of the hardships he faced. "It was a tough life growing up," he described. For a few people in Arkansas, it was a similar tale. My mother was a florist. I'm the youngest of four children. My father and mother hated each other, and they took it out on us. She'd sue him for not providing child care, but he didn't pay, which added to the high cost of living for many families."

Perfect 10 was born in 2013 by May and his wife Turner together, which became a podcast.

In December 2017, his book This Might Get a Little Heavy was published posthumously.

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Career

May was selected to attend the first season of Last Comic Standing in 2003. He finished second in the competition, with Dat Phan winning first place. May appeared on comedy shows afterwards, including The Wayne Brady Show and Jay Leno's Tonight Show. He was the only white comedian on The Big Black Comedy Show in 2005, which also included Mo'Nique Rodman and Vince Morris.

May's first comedy album, Just Correct, was released in 2005. Girth of a Nation (2006), Prime Cut (2006), Austin-tatious (2008), and Too Big To Ignore (2012), as well as two Netflix specials titled Imperfectly Yours (2013) and Unruly (2015) were among his later four comedy Central specials titled Girth of a People (2004). He appeared in For Da Love of Money. May also appeared at the "Gathering of the Juggalos 2012."

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