COMEDIAN: Brian Hegge (RIP)
Brian Hegge was a fixture on the pro am comedy scene in the mid-2000s. The former SUNshine boy (newspaper pinup model) ran an open mic in Mill Woods called Livewire. Brian passed away April 7, 2021 Kathleen McGee wrote this tribute. "I’ll never forgot the day Brian saved a car load of comics lives. We were driving back to Edmonton from a Comedy Monday Night show in Calgary. My boyfriend at the time was driving. Five people packed in my little Saturn. I think it was Kelly Dakus, Andrew Iwanyk and then Brian Hegge in the middle seat. We were all passed out except for Brian who casually asked my dozing off and driving boyfriend if he “wouldn’t mind staying awake while he drove.” The most casual life save ever. I will miss your smokers laugh and your morning radio DJ voice. I miss those Livewire nights. RIP Brain I hope you’re offending fat chicks while flirting with them where ever you are ." My personal story of Brian's combination of debauchery and big heartedness was a...