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

By Jennifer Brett
Dec 29, 2016

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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