DL Hughley takes heat for joke about Debbie Reynolds and Carrie Fisher's deaths

Comedy is tragedy plus time, the saying goes. But the day after Debbie Reynolds' death is a little too soon to joke about it, if the responses to comic DL Hughley's tweet is a guide.

The legendary actress passed away at 84 , tragically just a day after daughter Carrie Fisher's death at 60.

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Here's the joke Hughley posted. Not everyone was mad - it's been liked and retweeted hundreds of times - but here are some of the heated responses it's spurred:

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